diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
index 2b5bf672c467..0dc4692b411a 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
@@ -1057,12 +1057,9 @@ static void vmbus_onmessage_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	kfree(ctx);
 }
 
-void vmbus_on_msg_dpc(unsigned long data)
+static void __vmbus_on_msg_dpc(void *message_page_addr)
 {
-	struct hv_per_cpu_context *hv_cpu = (void *)data;
-	void *page_addr = hv_cpu->hyp_synic_message_page;
-	struct hv_message msg_copy, *msg = (struct hv_message *)page_addr +
-				  VMBUS_MESSAGE_SINT;
+	struct hv_message msg_copy, *msg;
 	struct vmbus_channel_message_header *hdr;
 	enum vmbus_channel_message_type msgtype;
 	const struct vmbus_channel_message_table_entry *entry;
@@ -1070,6 +1067,10 @@ void vmbus_on_msg_dpc(unsigned long data)
 	__u8 payload_size;
 	u32 message_type;
 
+	if (!message_page_addr)
+		return;
+	msg = (struct hv_message *)message_page_addr + VMBUS_MESSAGE_SINT;
+
 	/*
 	 * 'enum vmbus_channel_message_type' is supposed to always be 'u32' as
 	 * it is being used in 'struct vmbus_channel_message_header' definition
@@ -1195,6 +1196,14 @@ void vmbus_on_msg_dpc(unsigned long data)
 	vmbus_signal_eom(msg, message_type);
 }
 
+void vmbus_on_msg_dpc(unsigned long data)
+{
+	struct hv_per_cpu_context *hv_cpu = (void *)data;
+
+	__vmbus_on_msg_dpc(hv_cpu->hyp_synic_message_page);
+	__vmbus_on_msg_dpc(hv_cpu->para_synic_message_page);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
 /*
  * Fake RESCIND_CHANNEL messages to clean up hv_sock channels by force for
@@ -1233,21 +1242,19 @@ static void vmbus_force_channel_rescinded(struct vmbus_channel *channel)
 #endif /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP */
 
 /*
- * Schedule all channels with events pending
+ * Schedule all channels with events pending.
+ * The event page can be directly checked to get the id of
+ * the channel that has the interrupt pending.
  */
-static void vmbus_chan_sched(struct hv_per_cpu_context *hv_cpu)
+static void vmbus_chan_sched(void *event_page_addr)
 {
 	unsigned long *recv_int_page;
 	u32 maxbits, relid;
+	union hv_synic_event_flags *event;
 
-	/*
-	 * The event page can be directly checked to get the id of
-	 * the channel that has the interrupt pending.
-	 */
-	void *page_addr = hv_cpu->hyp_synic_event_page;
-	union hv_synic_event_flags *event
-		= (union hv_synic_event_flags *)page_addr +
-					 VMBUS_MESSAGE_SINT;
+	if (!event_page_addr)
+		return;
+	event = (union hv_synic_event_flags *)event_page_addr + VMBUS_MESSAGE_SINT;
 
 	maxbits = HV_EVENT_FLAGS_COUNT;
 	recv_int_page = event->flags;
@@ -1255,6 +1262,11 @@ static void vmbus_chan_sched(struct hv_per_cpu_context *hv_cpu)
 	if (unlikely(!recv_int_page))
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * Suggested-by: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@outlook.com>
+	 * One possible optimization would be to keep track of the largest relID that's in use,
+	 * and only scan up to that relID.
+	 */
 	for_each_set_bit(relid, recv_int_page, maxbits) {
 		void (*callback_fn)(void *context);
 		struct vmbus_channel *channel;
@@ -1318,26 +1330,35 @@ static void vmbus_chan_sched(struct hv_per_cpu_context *hv_cpu)
 	}
 }
 
-static void vmbus_isr(void)
+static void vmbus_message_sched(struct hv_per_cpu_context *hv_cpu, void *message_page_addr)
 {
-	struct hv_per_cpu_context *hv_cpu
-		= this_cpu_ptr(hv_context.cpu_context);
-	void *page_addr;
 	struct hv_message *msg;
 
-	vmbus_chan_sched(hv_cpu);
-
-	page_addr = hv_cpu->hyp_synic_message_page;
-	msg = (struct hv_message *)page_addr + VMBUS_MESSAGE_SINT;
+	if (!message_page_addr)
+		return;
+	msg = (struct hv_message *)message_page_addr + VMBUS_MESSAGE_SINT;
 
 	/* Check if there are actual msgs to be processed */
 	if (msg->header.message_type != HVMSG_NONE) {
 		if (msg->header.message_type == HVMSG_TIMER_EXPIRED) {
 			hv_stimer0_isr();
 			vmbus_signal_eom(msg, HVMSG_TIMER_EXPIRED);
-		} else
+		} else {
 			tasklet_schedule(&hv_cpu->msg_dpc);
+		}
 	}
+}
+
+static void vmbus_isr(void)
+{
+	struct hv_per_cpu_context *hv_cpu
+		= this_cpu_ptr(hv_context.cpu_context);
+
+	vmbus_chan_sched(hv_cpu->hyp_synic_event_page);
+	vmbus_chan_sched(hv_cpu->para_synic_event_page);
+
+	vmbus_message_sched(hv_cpu, hv_cpu->hyp_synic_message_page);
+	vmbus_message_sched(hv_cpu, hv_cpu->para_synic_message_page);
 
 	add_interrupt_randomness(vmbus_interrupt);
 }
@@ -1355,54 +1376,14 @@ static void vmbus_percpu_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	hv_synic_init(cpu);
 }
 
-/*
- * vmbus_bus_init -Main vmbus driver initialization routine.
- *
- * Here, we
- *	- initialize the vmbus driver context
- *	- invoke the vmbus hv main init routine
- *	- retrieve the channel offers
- */
-static int vmbus_bus_init(void)
+static int vmbus_alloc_synic_and_connect(void)
 {
 	int ret, cpu;
 	struct work_struct __percpu *works;
-
-	ret = hv_init();
-	if (ret != 0) {
-		pr_err("Unable to initialize the hypervisor - 0x%x\n", ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	ret = bus_register(&hv_bus);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	/*
-	 * VMbus interrupts are best modeled as per-cpu interrupts. If
-	 * on an architecture with support for per-cpu IRQs (e.g. ARM64),
-	 * allocate a per-cpu IRQ using standard Linux kernel functionality.
-	 * If not on such an architecture (e.g., x86/x64), then rely on
-	 * code in the arch-specific portion of the code tree to connect
-	 * the VMbus interrupt handler.
-	 */
-
-	if (vmbus_irq == -1) {
-		hv_setup_vmbus_handler(vmbus_isr);
-	} else {
-		vmbus_evt = alloc_percpu(long);
-		ret = request_percpu_irq(vmbus_irq, vmbus_percpu_isr,
-				"Hyper-V VMbus", vmbus_evt);
-		if (ret) {
-			pr_err("Can't request Hyper-V VMbus IRQ %d, Err %d",
-					vmbus_irq, ret);
-			free_percpu(vmbus_evt);
-			goto err_setup;
-		}
-	}
+	int hyperv_cpuhp_online;
 
 	ret = hv_synic_alloc();
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err_alloc;
 
 	works = alloc_percpu(struct work_struct);
@@ -1436,6 +1417,72 @@ static int vmbus_bus_init(void)
 	hyperv_cpuhp_online = ret;
 
 	ret = vmbus_connect();
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_connect;
+	return 0;
+
+err_connect:
+	cpuhp_remove_state(hyperv_cpuhp_online);
+	return -ENODEV;
+err_alloc:
+	hv_synic_free();
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+/*
+ * vmbus_bus_init -Main vmbus driver initialization routine.
+ *
+ * Here, we
+ *	- initialize the vmbus driver context
+ *	- invoke the vmbus hv main init routine
+ *	- retrieve the channel offers
+ */
+static int vmbus_bus_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = hv_init();
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		pr_err("Unable to initialize the hypervisor - 0x%x\n", ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = bus_register(&hv_bus);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * VMbus interrupts are best modeled as per-cpu interrupts. If
+	 * on an architecture with support for per-cpu IRQs (e.g. ARM64),
+	 * allocate a per-cpu IRQ using standard Linux kernel functionality.
+	 * If not on such an architecture (e.g., x86/x64), then rely on
+	 * code in the arch-specific portion of the code tree to connect
+	 * the VMbus interrupt handler.
+	 */
+
+	if (vmbus_irq == -1) {
+		hv_setup_vmbus_handler(vmbus_isr);
+	} else {
+		vmbus_evt = alloc_percpu(long);
+		ret = request_percpu_irq(vmbus_irq, vmbus_percpu_isr,
+				"Hyper-V VMbus", vmbus_evt);
+		if (ret) {
+			pr_err("Can't request Hyper-V VMbus IRQ %d, Err %d",
+					vmbus_irq, ret);
+			free_percpu(vmbus_evt);
+			goto err_setup;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Cache the value as getting it involves a VM exit on x86(_64), and
+	 * doing that on each VP while initializing SynIC's wastes time.
+	 */
+	is_confidential = ms_hyperv.confidential_vmbus_available;
+	if (is_confidential)
+		pr_info("Establishing connection to the confidential VMBus\n");
+	hv_para_set_sint_proxy(!is_confidential);
+	ret = vmbus_alloc_synic_and_connect();
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_connect;
 
@@ -1451,9 +1498,6 @@ static int vmbus_bus_init(void)
 	return 0;
 
 err_connect:
-	cpuhp_remove_state(hyperv_cpuhp_online);
-err_alloc:
-	hv_synic_free();
 	if (vmbus_irq == -1) {
 		hv_remove_vmbus_handler();
 	} else {