spin_lock_init(&channel->sc_lock);
 
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&channel->sc_list);
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&channel->percpu_list);
 
        channel->controlwq = create_workqueue("hv_vmbus_ctl");
        if (!channel->controlwq) {
        queue_work(vmbus_connection.work_queue, &channel->work);
 }
 
+static void percpu_channel_enq(void *arg)
+{
+       struct vmbus_channel *channel = arg;
+       int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+
+       list_add_tail(&channel->percpu_list, &hv_context.percpu_list[cpu]);
+}
 
+static void percpu_channel_deq(void *arg)
+{
+       struct vmbus_channel *channel = arg;
+
+       list_del(&channel->percpu_list);
+}
 
 /*
  * vmbus_process_rescind_offer -
        msg.header.msgtype = CHANNELMSG_RELID_RELEASED;
        vmbus_post_msg(&msg, sizeof(struct vmbus_channel_relid_released));
 
+       if (channel->target_cpu != smp_processor_id())
+               smp_call_function_single(channel->target_cpu,
+                                        percpu_channel_deq, channel, true);
+       else
+               percpu_channel_deq(channel);
+
        if (channel->primary_channel == NULL) {
                spin_lock_irqsave(&vmbus_connection.channel_lock, flags);
                list_del(&channel->listentry);
                                                        work);
        struct vmbus_channel *channel;
        bool fnew = true;
+       bool enq = false;
        int ret;
        unsigned long flags;
 
                }
        }
 
-       if (fnew)
+       if (fnew) {
                list_add_tail(&newchannel->listentry,
                              &vmbus_connection.chn_list);
+               enq = true;
+       }
 
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vmbus_connection.channel_lock, flags);
 
+       if (enq) {
+               if (newchannel->target_cpu != smp_processor_id())
+                       smp_call_function_single(newchannel->target_cpu,
+                                                percpu_channel_enq,
+                                                newchannel, true);
+               else
+                       percpu_channel_enq(newchannel);
+       }
        if (!fnew) {
                /*
                 * Check to see if this is a sub-channel.
                        spin_lock_irqsave(&channel->sc_lock, flags);
                        list_add_tail(&newchannel->sc_list, &channel->sc_list);
                        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&channel->sc_lock, flags);
+
+                       if (newchannel->target_cpu != smp_processor_id())
+                               smp_call_function_single(newchannel->target_cpu,
+                                                        percpu_channel_enq,
+                                                        newchannel, true);
+                       else
+                               percpu_channel_enq(newchannel);
+
                        newchannel->state = CHANNEL_OPEN_STATE;
                        if (channel->sc_creation_callback != NULL)
                                channel->sc_creation_callback(newchannel);
 
        return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Map the given relid to the corresponding channel based on the
+ * per-cpu list of channels that have been affinitized to this CPU.
+ * This will be used in the channel callback path as we can do this
+ * mapping in a lock-free fashion.
+ */
+static struct vmbus_channel *pcpu_relid2channel(u32 relid)
+{
+       struct vmbus_channel *channel;
+       struct vmbus_channel *found_channel  = NULL;
+       int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+       struct list_head *pcpu_head = &hv_context.percpu_list[cpu];
+
+       list_for_each_entry(channel, pcpu_head, percpu_list) {
+               if (channel->offermsg.child_relid == relid) {
+                       found_channel = channel;
+                       break;
+               }
+       }
+
+       return found_channel;
+}
 
 /*
  * relid2channel - Get the channel object given its
         * Find the channel based on this relid and invokes the
         * channel callback to process the event
         */
-       channel = relid2channel(relid);
+       channel = pcpu_relid2channel(relid);
 
        if (!channel) {
                pr_err("channel not found for relid - %u\n", relid);