diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/cio.c b/drivers/s390/cio/cio.c
index 61eb7caa1567..54cce542a1ee 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/cio.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/cio.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ cio_start_key (struct subchannel *sch,	/* subchannel structure */
 	sch->orb.pfch = sch->options.prefetch == 0;
 	sch->orb.spnd = sch->options.suspend;
 	sch->orb.ssic = sch->options.suspend && sch->options.inter;
-	sch->orb.lpm = (lpm != 0) ? (lpm & sch->opm) : sch->lpm;
+	sch->orb.lpm = (lpm != 0) ? lpm : sch->lpm;
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
 	/*
 	 * for 64 bit we always support 64 bit IDAWs with 4k page size only
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device_ops.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device_ops.c
index 9e3de0bd59b5..acad8f852eda 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device_ops.c
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ ccw_device_start_key(struct ccw_device *cdev, struct ccw1 *cpa,
 	ret = cio_set_options (sch, flags);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
+	/* Adjust requested path mask to excluded varied off paths. */
+	if (lpm) {
+		lpm &= sch->opm;
+		if (lpm == 0)
+			return -EACCES;
+	}
 	ret = cio_start_key (sch, cpa, lpm, key);
 	if (ret == 0)
 		cdev->private->intparm = intparm;
@@ -304,7 +310,7 @@ __ccw_device_retry_loop(struct ccw_device *cdev, struct ccw1 *ccw, long magic, _
 	sch = to_subchannel(cdev->dev.parent);
 	do {
 		ret = cio_start (sch, ccw, lpm);
-		if ((ret == -EBUSY) || (ret == -EACCES)) {
+		if (ret == -EBUSY) {
 			/* Try again later. */
 			spin_unlock_irq(&sch->lock);
 			msleep(10);
@@ -433,6 +439,13 @@ read_conf_data_lpm (struct ccw_device *cdev, void **buffer, int *length, __u8 lp
 	if (!ciw || ciw->cmd == 0)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+	/* Adjust requested path mask to excluded varied off paths. */
+	if (lpm) {
+		lpm &= sch->opm;
+		if (lpm == 0)
+			return -EACCES;
+	}
+
 	rcd_ccw = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ccw1), GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
 	if (!rcd_ccw)
 		return -ENOMEM;