struct netvsc_device *nvscdev;
        u16 chn_index = new_sc->offermsg.offer.sub_channel_index;
        int ret;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
        nvscdev = hv_get_drvdata(new_sc->primary_channel->device_obj);
 
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&nvscdev->sc_lock, flags);
+       nvscdev->num_sc_offered--;
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nvscdev->sc_lock, flags);
+       if (nvscdev->num_sc_offered == 0)
+               complete(&nvscdev->channel_init_wait);
+
        if (chn_index >= nvscdev->num_chn)
                return;
 
        u32 rsscap_size = sizeof(struct ndis_recv_scale_cap);
        u32 mtu, size;
        u32 num_rss_qs;
+       u32 sc_delta;
        const struct cpumask *node_cpu_mask;
        u32 num_possible_rss_qs;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
        rndis_device = get_rndis_device();
        if (!rndis_device)
        net_device->max_chn = 1;
        net_device->num_chn = 1;
 
+       spin_lock_init(&net_device->sc_lock);
+
        net_device->extension = rndis_device;
        rndis_device->net_dev = net_device;
 
        num_possible_rss_qs = cpumask_weight(node_cpu_mask);
        net_device->num_chn = min(num_possible_rss_qs, num_rss_qs);
 
+       num_rss_qs = net_device->num_chn - 1;
+       net_device->num_sc_offered = num_rss_qs;
+
        if (net_device->num_chn == 1)
                goto out;
 
 
        ret = rndis_filter_set_rss_param(rndis_device, net_device->num_chn);
 
+       /*
+        * Wait for the host to send us the sub-channel offers.
+        */
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&net_device->sc_lock, flags);
+       sc_delta = num_rss_qs - (net_device->num_chn - 1);
+       net_device->num_sc_offered -= sc_delta;
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&net_device->sc_lock, flags);
+
+       while (net_device->num_sc_offered != 0) {
+               t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&net_device->channel_init_wait, 10*HZ);
+               if (t == 0)
+                       WARN(1, "Netvsc: Waiting for sub-channel processing");
+       }
 out:
        if (ret) {
                net_device->max_chn = 1;
                net_device->num_chn = 1;
        }
+
        return 0; /* return 0 because primary channel can be used alone */
 
 err_dev_remv: