diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
index 359b46c25314d016ba1db30f16922e8c8ef9bedc..d3d3716ff84b6b317d6244fd67971eb494fa6cca 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
@@ -687,8 +687,20 @@ io_subchannel_register(void *data)
 	cdev = data;
 	sch = to_subchannel(cdev->dev.parent);
 
+	/*
+	 * io_subchannel_register() will also be called after device
+	 * recognition has been done for a boxed device (which will already
+	 * be registered). We need to reprobe since we may now have sense id
+	 * information.
+	 */
 	if (klist_node_attached(&cdev->dev.knode_parent)) {
-		bus_rescan_devices(&ccw_bus_type);
+		if (!cdev->drv) {
+			ret = device_reprobe(&cdev->dev);
+			if (ret)
+				/* We can't do much here. */
+				dev_info(&cdev->dev, "device_reprobe() returned"
+					 " %d\n", ret);
+		}
 		goto out;
 	}
 	/* make it known to the system */