1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_alias.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_alias.c
index a2597e683e79..ee3a6faae22a 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_alias.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_alias.c
@@ -699,7 +699,8 @@ struct dasd_device *dasd_alias_get_start_dev(struct dasd_device *base_device)
                                                struct dasd_device, alias_list);
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lcu->lock, flags);
         alias_priv = (struct dasd_eckd_private *) alias_device->private;
-        if ((alias_priv->count < private->count) && !alias_device->stopped)
+        if ((alias_priv->count < private->count) && !alias_device->stopped &&
+            !test_bit(DASD_FLAG_OFFLINE, &alias_device->flags))
                 return alias_device;
         else
                 return NULL;