diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel.c b/drivers/hv/channel.c
index fcab234..56dd261 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/channel.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/channel.c
@@ -639,6 +639,7 @@
 	u64 aligned_data = 0;
 	int ret;
 	bool signal = false;
+	bool lock = channel->acquire_ring_lock;
 	int num_vecs = ((bufferlen != 0) ? 3 : 1);
 
 
@@ -658,7 +659,7 @@
 	bufferlist[2].iov_len = (packetlen_aligned - packetlen);
 
 	ret = hv_ringbuffer_write(&channel->outbound, bufferlist, num_vecs,
-				  &signal);
+				  &signal, lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Signalling the host is conditional on many factors:
@@ -738,6 +739,7 @@
 	struct kvec bufferlist[3];
 	u64 aligned_data = 0;
 	bool signal = false;
+	bool lock = channel->acquire_ring_lock;
 
 	if (pagecount > MAX_PAGE_BUFFER_COUNT)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -774,7 +776,8 @@
 	bufferlist[2].iov_base = &aligned_data;
 	bufferlist[2].iov_len = (packetlen_aligned - packetlen);
 
-	ret = hv_ringbuffer_write(&channel->outbound, bufferlist, 3, &signal);
+	ret = hv_ringbuffer_write(&channel->outbound, bufferlist, 3,
+				  &signal, lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Signalling the host is conditional on many factors:
@@ -837,6 +840,7 @@
 	struct kvec bufferlist[3];
 	u64 aligned_data = 0;
 	bool signal = false;
+	bool lock = channel->acquire_ring_lock;
 
 	packetlen = desc_size + bufferlen;
 	packetlen_aligned = ALIGN(packetlen, sizeof(u64));
@@ -856,7 +860,8 @@
 	bufferlist[2].iov_base = &aligned_data;
 	bufferlist[2].iov_len = (packetlen_aligned - packetlen);
 
-	ret = hv_ringbuffer_write(&channel->outbound, bufferlist, 3, &signal);
+	ret = hv_ringbuffer_write(&channel->outbound, bufferlist, 3,
+				  &signal, lock);
 
 	if (ret == 0 && signal)
 		vmbus_setevent(channel);
@@ -881,6 +886,7 @@
 	struct kvec bufferlist[3];
 	u64 aligned_data = 0;
 	bool signal = false;
+	bool lock = channel->acquire_ring_lock;
 	u32 pfncount = NUM_PAGES_SPANNED(multi_pagebuffer->offset,
 					 multi_pagebuffer->len);
 
@@ -919,7 +925,8 @@
 	bufferlist[2].iov_base = &aligned_data;
 	bufferlist[2].iov_len = (packetlen_aligned - packetlen);
 
-	ret = hv_ringbuffer_write(&channel->outbound, bufferlist, 3, &signal);
+	ret = hv_ringbuffer_write(&channel->outbound, bufferlist, 3,
+				  &signal, lock);
 
 	if (ret == 0 && signal)
 		vmbus_setevent(channel);
diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
index cf311be..b40f429 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@
 		return NULL;
 
 	channel->id = atomic_inc_return(&chan_num);
+	channel->acquire_ring_lock = true;
 	spin_lock_init(&channel->inbound_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&channel->lock);
 
diff --git a/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h b/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h
index ac7aa30..b9ea7f5 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h
+++ b/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@
 
 int hv_ringbuffer_write(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *ring_info,
 		    struct kvec *kv_list,
-		    u32 kv_count, bool *signal);
+		    u32 kv_count, bool *signal, bool lock);
 
 int hv_ringbuffer_read(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *inring_info,
 		       void *buffer, u32 buflen, u32 *buffer_actual_len,
diff --git a/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c b/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c
index 1145f3b..5613e2b 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
 
 /* Write to the ring buffer. */
 int hv_ringbuffer_write(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *outring_info,
-		    struct kvec *kv_list, u32 kv_count, bool *signal)
+		    struct kvec *kv_list, u32 kv_count, bool *signal, bool lock)
 {
 	int i = 0;
 	u32 bytes_avail_towrite;
@@ -324,14 +324,15 @@
 	u32 next_write_location;
 	u32 old_write;
 	u64 prev_indices = 0;
-	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long flags = 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < kv_count; i++)
 		totalbytes_towrite += kv_list[i].iov_len;
 
 	totalbytes_towrite += sizeof(u64);
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&outring_info->ring_lock, flags);
+	if (lock)
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&outring_info->ring_lock, flags);
 
 	hv_get_ringbuffer_availbytes(outring_info,
 				&bytes_avail_toread,
@@ -343,7 +344,8 @@
 	 * is empty since the read index == write index.
 	 */
 	if (bytes_avail_towrite <= totalbytes_towrite) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&outring_info->ring_lock, flags);
+		if (lock)
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&outring_info->ring_lock, flags);
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
@@ -374,7 +376,8 @@
 	hv_set_next_write_location(outring_info, next_write_location);
 
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&outring_info->ring_lock, flags);
+	if (lock)
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&outring_info->ring_lock, flags);
 
 	*signal = hv_need_to_signal(old_write, outring_info);
 	return 0;