diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/chsc.c b/drivers/s390/cio/chsc.c
index 9f0ea6cb6922..e3bf885f4a6c 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/chsc.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/chsc.c
@@ -541,18 +541,27 @@ static void chsc_process_sei_nt0(struct chsc_sei_nt0_area *sei_area)
 
 static void chsc_process_event_information(struct chsc_sei *sei, u64 ntsm)
 {
-	do {
+	static int ntsm_unsupported;
+
+	while (true) {
 		memset(sei, 0, sizeof(*sei));
 		sei->request.length = 0x0010;
 		sei->request.code = 0x000e;
-		sei->ntsm = ntsm;
+		if (!ntsm_unsupported)
+			sei->ntsm = ntsm;
 
 		if (chsc(sei))
 			break;
 
 		if (sei->response.code != 0x0001) {
-			CIO_CRW_EVENT(2, "chsc: sei failed (rc=%04x)\n",
-				      sei->response.code);
+			CIO_CRW_EVENT(2, "chsc: sei failed (rc=%04x, ntsm=%llx)\n",
+				      sei->response.code, sei->ntsm);
+
+			if (sei->response.code == 3 && sei->ntsm) {
+				/* Fallback for old firmware. */
+				ntsm_unsupported = 1;
+				continue;
+			}
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -568,7 +577,10 @@ static void chsc_process_event_information(struct chsc_sei *sei, u64 ntsm)
 			CIO_CRW_EVENT(2, "chsc: unhandled nt: %d\n", sei->nt);
 			break;
 		}
-	} while (sei->u.nt0_area.flags & 0x80);
+
+		if (!(sei->u.nt0_area.flags & 0x80))
+			break;
+	}
 }
 
 /*