diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
index 73901c9..a6c7d54 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
@@ -1519,6 +1519,7 @@
 	sch->driver = &io_subchannel_driver;
 	/* Initialize the ccw_device structure. */
 	cdev->dev.parent= &sch->dev;
+	sch_set_cdev(sch, cdev);
 	io_subchannel_recog(cdev, sch);
 	/* Now wait for the async. recognition to come to an end. */
 	spin_lock_irq(cdev->ccwlock);