diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
index 21766c791ad6..4be6e84b9599 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ static inline void inbound_primed(struct qdio_q *q, int count)
 	count--;
 	if (!count)
 		return;
+	/* need to change ALL buffers to get more interrupts */
+	set_buf_states(q, q->first_to_check, SLSB_P_INPUT_NOT_INIT, count);
 }
 
 static int get_inbound_buffer_frontier(struct qdio_q *q)