diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/sclp.c b/drivers/s390/char/sclp.c
index e9aa71cdfc44e2fcf476cefff087605ecd7ba84b..74df353d2244c61c2c96b1047033ba178915f12f 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/sclp.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/sclp.c
@@ -1206,6 +1206,7 @@ sclp_init(void)
 fail_unregister_reboot_notifier:
 	unregister_reboot_notifier(&sclp_reboot_notifier);
 fail_init_state_uninitialized:
+	list_del(&sclp_state_change_event.list);
 	sclp_init_state = sclp_init_state_uninitialized;
 fail_unlock:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sclp_lock, flags);