diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c
index 835341457d..a2def83e82 100644
--- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c
+++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "s390-ccw.h"
 #include "cio.h"
 #include "virtio.h"
+#include "virtio-scsi.h"
 #include "dasd-ipl.h"
 
 char stack[PAGE_SIZE * 8] __attribute__((__aligned__(PAGE_SIZE)));
@@ -218,6 +219,7 @@ static int virtio_setup(void)
 {
     VDev *vdev = virtio_get_device();
     QemuIplParameters *early_qipl = (QemuIplParameters *)QIPL_ADDRESS;
+    int ret;
 
     memcpy(&qipl, early_qipl, sizeof(QemuIplParameters));
 
@@ -225,18 +227,26 @@ static int virtio_setup(void)
         menu_setup();
     }
 
-    if (virtio_get_device_type() == VIRTIO_ID_NET) {
+    switch (vdev->senseid.cu_model) {
+    case VIRTIO_ID_NET:
         sclp_print("Network boot device detected\n");
         vdev->netboot_start_addr = qipl.netboot_start_addr;
-    } else {
-        int ret = virtio_blk_setup_device(blk_schid);
-        if (ret) {
-            return ret;
-        }
+        return 0;
+    case VIRTIO_ID_BLOCK:
+        ret = virtio_blk_setup_device(blk_schid);
+        break;
+    case VIRTIO_ID_SCSI:
+        ret = virtio_scsi_setup_device(blk_schid);
+        break;
+    default:
+        panic("\n! No IPL device available !\n");
+    }
+
+    if (!ret) {
         IPL_assert(virtio_ipl_disk_is_valid(), "No valid IPL device detected");
     }
 
-    return 0;
+    return ret;
 }
 
 static void ipl_boot_device(void)
diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/virtio-blkdev.c b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/virtio-blkdev.c
index db1f7f44aa..c175b66a47 100644
--- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/virtio-blkdev.c
+++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/virtio-blkdev.c
@@ -222,27 +222,11 @@ uint64_t virtio_get_blocks(void)
 int virtio_blk_setup_device(SubChannelId schid)
 {
     VDev *vdev = virtio_get_device();
-    int ret = 0;
 
     vdev->schid = schid;
     virtio_setup_ccw(vdev);
 
-    switch (vdev->senseid.cu_model) {
-    case VIRTIO_ID_BLOCK:
-        sclp_print("Using virtio-blk.\n");
-        break;
-    case VIRTIO_ID_SCSI:
-        IPL_assert(vdev->config.scsi.sense_size == VIRTIO_SCSI_SENSE_SIZE,
-            "Config: sense size mismatch");
-        IPL_assert(vdev->config.scsi.cdb_size == VIRTIO_SCSI_CDB_SIZE,
-            "Config: CDB size mismatch");
+    sclp_print("Using virtio-blk.\n");
 
-        sclp_print("Using virtio-scsi.\n");
-        ret = virtio_scsi_setup(vdev);
-        break;
-    default:
-        panic("\n! No IPL device available !\n");
-    }
-
-    return ret;
+    return 0;
 }
diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/virtio-scsi.c b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/virtio-scsi.c
index 2c8d0f3097..3b7069270c 100644
--- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/virtio-scsi.c
+++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/virtio-scsi.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ static void scsi_parse_capacity_report(void *data,
     }
 }
 
-int virtio_scsi_setup(VDev *vdev)
+static int virtio_scsi_setup(VDev *vdev)
 {
     int retry_test_unit_ready = 3;
     uint8_t data[256];
@@ -430,3 +430,20 @@ int virtio_scsi_setup(VDev *vdev)
 
     return 0;
 }
+
+int virtio_scsi_setup_device(SubChannelId schid)
+{
+    VDev *vdev = virtio_get_device();
+
+    vdev->schid = schid;
+    virtio_setup_ccw(vdev);
+
+    IPL_assert(vdev->config.scsi.sense_size == VIRTIO_SCSI_SENSE_SIZE,
+               "Config: sense size mismatch");
+    IPL_assert(vdev->config.scsi.cdb_size == VIRTIO_SCSI_CDB_SIZE,
+               "Config: CDB size mismatch");
+
+    sclp_print("Using virtio-scsi.\n");
+
+    return virtio_scsi_setup(vdev);
+}
diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/virtio-scsi.h b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/virtio-scsi.h
index 4b14c2c2f9..e6b6cd4815 100644
--- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/virtio-scsi.h
+++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/virtio-scsi.h
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ static inline bool virtio_scsi_response_ok(const VirtioScsiCmdResp *r)
         return r->response == VIRTIO_SCSI_S_OK && r->status == CDB_STATUS_GOOD;
 }
 
-int virtio_scsi_setup(VDev *vdev);
 int virtio_scsi_read_many(VDev *vdev,
                           ulong sector, void *load_addr, int sec_num);
+int virtio_scsi_setup_device(SubChannelId schid);
 
 #endif /* VIRTIO_SCSI_H */