}
                return;
        }
+       /*
+        * Check if a halt or clear has been issued in the meanwhile. If yes,
+        * only deliver the halt/clear interrupt to the device driver as if it
+        * had killed the original request.
+        */
+       if (irb->scsw.fctl & (SCSW_FCTL_CLEAR_FUNC | SCSW_FCTL_HALT_FUNC)) {
+               cdev->private->flags.dosense = 0;
+               memset(&cdev->private->irb, 0, sizeof(struct irb));
+               ccw_device_accumulate_irb(cdev, irb);
+               goto call_handler;
+       }
        /* Add basic sense info to irb. */
        ccw_device_accumulate_basic_sense(cdev, irb);
        if (cdev->private->flags.dosense) {
                ccw_device_do_sense(cdev, irb);
                return;
        }
+call_handler:
        cdev->private->state = DEV_STATE_ONLINE;
        /* Call the handler. */
        if (ccw_device_call_handler(cdev) && cdev->private->flags.doverify)