sch->orb.pfch = sch->options.prefetch == 0;
        sch->orb.spnd = sch->options.suspend;
        sch->orb.ssic = sch->options.suspend && sch->options.inter;
-       sch->orb.lpm = (lpm != 0) ? (lpm & sch->opm) : sch->lpm;
+       sch->orb.lpm = (lpm != 0) ? lpm : sch->lpm;
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
        /*
         * for 64 bit we always support 64 bit IDAWs with 4k page size only
 
        ret = cio_set_options (sch, flags);
        if (ret)
                return ret;
+       /* Adjust requested path mask to excluded varied off paths. */
+       if (lpm) {
+               lpm &= sch->opm;
+               if (lpm == 0)
+                       return -EACCES;
+       }
        ret = cio_start_key (sch, cpa, lpm, key);
        if (ret == 0)
                cdev->private->intparm = intparm;
        sch = to_subchannel(cdev->dev.parent);
        do {
                ret = cio_start (sch, ccw, lpm);
-               if ((ret == -EBUSY) || (ret == -EACCES)) {
+               if (ret == -EBUSY) {
                        /* Try again later. */
                        spin_unlock_irq(&sch->lock);
                        msleep(10);
        if (!ciw || ciw->cmd == 0)
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+       /* Adjust requested path mask to excluded varied off paths. */
+       if (lpm) {
+               lpm &= sch->opm;
+               if (lpm == 0)
+                       return -EACCES;
+       }
+
        rcd_ccw = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ccw1), GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
        if (!rcd_ccw)
                return -ENOMEM;