diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/css.c b/drivers/s390/cio/css.c
index 5d83dd471461..838f7ac0dc32 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/css.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/css.c
@@ -182,6 +182,15 @@ static int css_register_subchannel(struct subchannel *sch)
 	sch->dev.bus = &css_bus_type;
 	sch->dev.release = &css_subchannel_release;
 	sch->dev.groups = subch_attr_groups;
+	/*
+	 * We don't want to generate uevents for I/O subchannels that don't
+	 * have a working ccw device behind them since they will be
+	 * unregistered before they can be used anyway, so we delay the add
+	 * uevent until after device recognition was successful.
+	 */
+	if (!cio_is_console(sch->schid))
+		/* Console is special, no need to suppress. */
+		sch->dev.uevent_suppress = 1;
 	css_update_ssd_info(sch);
 	/* make it known to the system */
 	ret = css_sch_device_register(sch);