diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
index f445b0840d33..80754e2d8086 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
 #include <acpi/acpi_bus.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/hyperv.h>
 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
 #include <asm/hyperv.h>
@@ -517,6 +518,39 @@ static void vmbus_flow_handler(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc)
 	desc->action->handler(irq, desc->action->dev_id);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+static int hyperv_cpu_disable(void)
+{
+	return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
+static void hv_cpu_hotplug_quirk(bool vmbus_loaded)
+{
+	static void *previous_cpu_disable;
+
+	/*
+	 * Offlining a CPU when running on newer hypervisors (WS2012R2, Win8,
+	 * ...) is not supported at this moment as channel interrupts are
+	 * distributed across all of them.
+	 */
+
+	if ((vmbus_proto_version == VERSION_WS2008) ||
+	    (vmbus_proto_version == VERSION_WIN7))
+		return;
+
+	if (vmbus_loaded) {
+		previous_cpu_disable = smp_ops.cpu_disable;
+		smp_ops.cpu_disable = hyperv_cpu_disable;
+		pr_notice("CPU offlining is not supported by hypervisor\n");
+	} else if (previous_cpu_disable)
+		smp_ops.cpu_disable = previous_cpu_disable;
+}
+#else
+static void hv_cpu_hotplug_quirk(bool vmbus_loaded)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * vmbus_bus_init -Main vmbus driver initialization routine.
  *
@@ -572,6 +606,7 @@ static int vmbus_bus_init(int irq)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_irq;
 
+	hv_cpu_hotplug_quirk(true);
 	vmbus_request_offers();
 
 	return 0;
@@ -808,6 +843,7 @@ static void __exit vmbus_exit(void)
 	bus_unregister(&hv_bus);
 	hv_cleanup();
 	acpi_bus_unregister_driver(&vmbus_acpi_driver);
+	hv_cpu_hotplug_quirk(false);
 }