priv = container_of(work, struct ccw_device_private, kick_work);
        cdev = priv->cdev;
        sch = to_subchannel(cdev->dev.parent);
+       /*
+        * Check if subchannel is still registered. It may have become
+        * unregistered if a machine check hit us after finishing
+        * device recognition but before the register work could be
+        * queued.
+        */
+       if (!device_is_registered(&sch->dev))
+               goto out_err;
        css_update_ssd_info(sch);
        /*
         * io_subchannel_register() will also be called after device
                spin_lock_irqsave(sch->lock, flags);
                sch_set_cdev(sch, NULL);
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(sch->lock, flags);
-               /* Release reference for workqueue processing. */
-               put_device(&cdev->dev);
                /* Release initial device reference. */
                put_device(&cdev->dev);
-               if (atomic_dec_and_test(&ccw_device_init_count))
-                       wake_up(&ccw_device_init_wq);
-               return;
+               goto out_err;
        }
-       put_device(&cdev->dev);
 out:
        cdev->private->flags.recog_done = 1;
        wake_up(&cdev->private->wait_q);
+out_err:
+       /* Release reference for workqueue processing. */
+       put_device(&cdev->dev);
        if (atomic_dec_and_test(&ccw_device_init_count))
                wake_up(&ccw_device_init_wq);
 }