card->use_hard_stop = 1;
        __qeth_set_offline(card->gdev,1);
        rc = __qeth_set_online(card->gdev,1);
+       /* don't run another scheduled recovery */
+       qeth_clear_thread_start_bit(card, QETH_RECOVER_THREAD);
+       qeth_clear_thread_running_bit(card, QETH_RECOVER_THREAD);
        if (!rc)
                PRINT_INFO("Device %s successfully recovered!\n",
                           CARD_BUS_ID(card));
        else
                PRINT_INFO("Device %s could not be recovered!\n",
                           CARD_BUS_ID(card));
-       /* don't run another scheduled recovery */
-       qeth_clear_thread_start_bit(card, QETH_RECOVER_THREAD);
-       qeth_clear_thread_running_bit(card, QETH_RECOVER_THREAD);
        return 0;
 }
 
                QETH_DBF_TEXT_(setup, 2, "1err%d", rc);
                if (rc == 0xe080){
                        PRINT_WARN("LAN on card %s if offline! "
-                                  "Continuing softsetup.\n",
+                                  "Waiting for STARTLAN from card.\n",
                                   CARD_BUS_ID(card));
                        card->lan_online = 0;
-               } else
-                       return rc;
+               }
+               return rc;
        } else
                card->lan_online = 1;
        if (card->info.type==QETH_CARD_TYPE_OSN)