diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
index cc5f42d2000e..b577c8f7e346 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
@@ -3087,7 +3087,8 @@ static blk_status_t do_dasd_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 
 	basedev = block->base;
 	spin_lock_irq(&dq->lock);
-	if (basedev->state < DASD_STATE_READY) {
+	if (basedev->state < DASD_STATE_READY ||
+	    test_bit(DASD_FLAG_OFFLINE, &basedev->flags)) {
 		DBF_DEV_EVENT(DBF_ERR, basedev,
 			      "device not ready for request %p", req);
 		rc = BLK_STS_IOERR;