diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index e783644..ef6c225 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -2250,7 +2250,8 @@
 		}
 		/* fallthrough */
 	case QETH_CARD_TYPE_IQD:
-		if (card->info.guestlan) {
+		if ((card->info.guestlan) ||
+		    (card->info.mcl_level[0] & 0x80)) {
 			card->info.mcl_level[0] = (char) _ebcasc[(__u8)
 				card->info.mcl_level[0]];
 			card->info.mcl_level[1] = (char) _ebcasc[(__u8)