diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
index 76d13c5ff205c8748be0096675e0c19f83450b75..d62a4c673962cb5fe7d679f55daf36e9b411289e 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
@@ -1422,6 +1422,13 @@ int dasd_start_IO(struct dasd_ccw_req *cqr)
 		if (!cqr->lpm)
 			cqr->lpm = dasd_path_get_opm(device);
 	}
+	/*
+	 * remember the amount of formatted tracks to prevent double format on
+	 * ESE devices
+	 */
+	if (cqr->block)
+		cqr->trkcount = atomic_read(&cqr->block->trkcount);
+
 	if (cqr->cpmode == 1) {
 		rc = ccw_device_tm_start(device->cdev, cqr->cpaddr,
 					 (long) cqr, cqr->lpm);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c
index e3583502aca23c94516342b248eedfa6f249cb94..649eba51e048595d7689bffe81ce146c336e5fb4 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c
@@ -3083,13 +3083,24 @@ static int dasd_eckd_format_device(struct dasd_device *base,
 }
 
 static bool test_and_set_format_track(struct dasd_format_entry *to_format,
-				      struct dasd_block *block)
+				      struct dasd_ccw_req *cqr)
 {
+	struct dasd_block *block = cqr->block;
 	struct dasd_format_entry *format;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	bool rc = false;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&block->format_lock, flags);
+	if (cqr->trkcount != atomic_read(&block->trkcount)) {
+		/*
+		 * The number of formatted tracks has changed after request
+		 * start and we can not tell if the current track was involved.
+		 * To avoid data corruption treat it as if the current track is
+		 * involved
+		 */
+		rc = true;
+		goto out;
+	}
 	list_for_each_entry(format, &block->format_list, list) {
 		if (format->track == to_format->track) {
 			rc = true;
@@ -3109,6 +3120,7 @@ static void clear_format_track(struct dasd_format_entry *format,
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&block->format_lock, flags);
+	atomic_inc(&block->trkcount);
 	list_del_init(&format->list);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&block->format_lock, flags);
 }
@@ -3170,8 +3182,11 @@ dasd_eckd_ese_format(struct dasd_device *startdev, struct dasd_ccw_req *cqr,
 	}
 	format->track = curr_trk;
 	/* test if track is already in formatting by another thread */
-	if (test_and_set_format_track(format, block))
+	if (test_and_set_format_track(format, cqr)) {
+		/* this is no real error so do not count down retries */
+		cqr->retries++;
 		return ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
+	}
 
 	fdata.start_unit = curr_trk;
 	fdata.stop_unit = curr_trk;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_int.h b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_int.h
index 0714d71534b7e384850840f806e032df25b73a5e..6e7f1a4a28a03c7ead7bee3d4f89877069198740 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_int.h
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ struct dasd_ccw_req {
 	void (*callback)(struct dasd_ccw_req *, void *data);
 	void *callback_data;
 	unsigned int proc_bytes;	/* bytes for partial completion */
+	unsigned int trkcount;		/* count formatted tracks */
 };
 
 /*
@@ -611,6 +612,7 @@ struct dasd_block {
 
 	struct list_head format_list;
 	spinlock_t format_lock;
+	atomic_t trkcount;
 };
 
 struct dasd_attention_data {