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-rw-r--r--drivers/s390/block/dasd_alias.c10
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diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_alias.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_alias.c
index c388eda1e2b1..553b3c5abb0a 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_alias.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_alias.c
@@ -705,6 +705,16 @@ struct dasd_device *dasd_alias_get_start_dev(struct dasd_device *base_device)
if (lcu->pav == NO_PAV ||
lcu->flags & (NEED_UAC_UPDATE | UPDATE_PENDING))
return NULL;
+ if (unlikely(!(private->features.feature[8] & 0x01))) {
+ /*
+ * PAV enabled but prefix not, very unlikely
+ * seems to be a lost pathgroup
+ * use base device to do IO
+ */
+ DBF_DEV_EVENT(DBF_ERR, base_device, "%s",
+ "Prefix not enabled with PAV enabled\n");
+ return NULL;
+ }
spin_lock_irqsave(&lcu->lock, flags);
alias_device = group->next;