diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv.c b/drivers/hv/hv.c
index 81b6c3b0f21a..936c5f310df6 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv.c
@@ -278,9 +278,8 @@ void hv_hyp_synic_enable_regs(unsigned int cpu)
 	union hv_synic_simp simp;
 	union hv_synic_siefp siefp;
 	union hv_synic_sint shared_sint;
-	union hv_synic_scontrol sctrl;
 
-	/* Setup the Synic's message page */
+	/* Setup the Synic's message page with the hypervisor. */
 	simp.as_uint64 = hv_get_msr(HV_MSR_SIMP);
 	simp.simp_enabled = 1;
 
@@ -299,7 +298,7 @@ void hv_hyp_synic_enable_regs(unsigned int cpu)
 
 	hv_set_msr(HV_MSR_SIMP, simp.as_uint64);
 
-	/* Setup the Synic's event page */
+	/* Setup the Synic's event page with the hypervisor. */
 	siefp.as_uint64 = hv_get_msr(HV_MSR_SIEFP);
 	siefp.siefp_enabled = 1;
 
@@ -328,6 +327,11 @@ void hv_hyp_synic_enable_regs(unsigned int cpu)
 	shared_sint.masked = false;
 	shared_sint.auto_eoi = hv_recommend_using_aeoi();
 	hv_set_msr(HV_MSR_SINT0 + VMBUS_MESSAGE_SINT, shared_sint.as_uint64);
+}
+
+static void hv_hyp_synic_enable_interrupts(void)
+{
+	union hv_synic_scontrol sctrl;
 
 	/* Enable the global synic bit */
 	sctrl.as_uint64 = hv_get_msr(HV_MSR_SCONTROL);
@@ -336,9 +340,59 @@ void hv_hyp_synic_enable_regs(unsigned int cpu)
 	hv_set_msr(HV_MSR_SCONTROL, sctrl.as_uint64);
 }
 
+static void hv_para_synic_enable_regs(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	union hv_synic_simp simp;
+	union hv_synic_siefp siefp;
+	struct hv_per_cpu_context *hv_cpu
+		= per_cpu_ptr(hv_context.cpu_context, cpu);
+
+	/* Setup the Synic's message page with the paravisor. */
+	simp.as_uint64 = hv_para_get_synic_register(HV_MSR_SIMP);
+	simp.simp_enabled = 1;
+	simp.base_simp_gpa = virt_to_phys(hv_cpu->para_synic_message_page)
+			>> HV_HYP_PAGE_SHIFT;
+	hv_para_set_synic_register(HV_MSR_SIMP, simp.as_uint64);
+
+	/* Setup the Synic's event page with the paravisor. */
+	siefp.as_uint64 = hv_para_get_synic_register(HV_MSR_SIEFP);
+	siefp.siefp_enabled = 1;
+	siefp.base_siefp_gpa = virt_to_phys(hv_cpu->para_synic_event_page)
+			>> HV_HYP_PAGE_SHIFT;
+	hv_para_set_synic_register(HV_MSR_SIEFP, siefp.as_uint64);
+}
+
+static void hv_para_synic_enable_interrupts(void)
+{
+	union hv_synic_scontrol sctrl;
+
+	/* Enable the global synic bit */
+	sctrl.as_uint64 = hv_para_get_synic_register(HV_MSR_SCONTROL);
+	sctrl.enable = 1;
+	hv_para_set_synic_register(HV_MSR_SCONTROL, sctrl.as_uint64);
+}
+
 int hv_synic_init(unsigned int cpu)
 {
+	if (vmbus_is_confidential())
+		hv_para_synic_enable_regs(cpu);
+
+	/*
+	 * The SINT is set in hv_hyp_synic_enable_regs() by calling
+	 * hv_set_msr(). hv_set_msr() in turn has special case code for the
+	 * SINT MSRs that write to the hypervisor version of the MSR *and*
+	 * the paravisor version of the MSR (but *without* the proxy bit when
+	 * VMBus is confidential).
+	 *
+	 * Then enable interrupts via the paravisor if VMBus is confidential,
+	 * and otherwise via the hypervisor.
+	 */
+
 	hv_hyp_synic_enable_regs(cpu);
+	if (vmbus_is_confidential())
+		hv_para_synic_enable_interrupts();
+	else
+		hv_hyp_synic_enable_interrupts();
 
 	hv_stimer_legacy_init(cpu, VMBUS_MESSAGE_SINT);
 
@@ -352,7 +406,6 @@ void hv_hyp_synic_disable_regs(unsigned int cpu)
 	union hv_synic_sint shared_sint;
 	union hv_synic_simp simp;
 	union hv_synic_siefp siefp;
-	union hv_synic_scontrol sctrl;
 
 	shared_sint.as_uint64 = hv_get_msr(HV_MSR_SINT0 + VMBUS_MESSAGE_SINT);
 
@@ -365,7 +418,7 @@ void hv_hyp_synic_disable_regs(unsigned int cpu)
 
 	simp.as_uint64 = hv_get_msr(HV_MSR_SIMP);
 	/*
-	 * In Isolation VM, sim and sief pages are allocated by
+	 * In Isolation VM, simp and sief pages are allocated by
 	 * paravisor. These pages also will be used by kdump
 	 * kernel. So just reset enable bit here and keep page
 	 * addresses.
@@ -395,14 +448,42 @@ void hv_hyp_synic_disable_regs(unsigned int cpu)
 	}
 
 	hv_set_msr(HV_MSR_SIEFP, siefp.as_uint64);
+}
+
+static void hv_hyp_synic_disable_interrupts(void)
+{
+	union hv_synic_scontrol sctrl;
 
 	/* Disable the global synic bit */
 	sctrl.as_uint64 = hv_get_msr(HV_MSR_SCONTROL);
 	sctrl.enable = 0;
 	hv_set_msr(HV_MSR_SCONTROL, sctrl.as_uint64);
+}
 
-	if (vmbus_irq != -1)
-		disable_percpu_irq(vmbus_irq);
+static void hv_para_synic_disable_regs(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	union hv_synic_simp simp;
+	union hv_synic_siefp siefp;
+
+	/* Disable SynIC's message page in the paravisor. */
+	simp.as_uint64 = hv_para_get_synic_register(HV_MSR_SIMP);
+	simp.simp_enabled = 0;
+	hv_para_set_synic_register(HV_MSR_SIMP, simp.as_uint64);
+
+	/* Disable SynIC's event page in the paravisor. */
+	siefp.as_uint64 = hv_para_get_synic_register(HV_MSR_SIEFP);
+	siefp.siefp_enabled = 0;
+	hv_para_set_synic_register(HV_MSR_SIEFP, siefp.as_uint64);
+}
+
+static void hv_para_synic_disable_interrupts(void)
+{
+	union hv_synic_scontrol sctrl;
+
+	/* Disable the global synic bit */
+	sctrl.as_uint64 = hv_para_get_synic_register(HV_MSR_SCONTROL);
+	sctrl.enable = 0;
+	hv_para_set_synic_register(HV_MSR_SCONTROL, sctrl.as_uint64);
 }
 
 #define HV_MAX_TRIES 3
@@ -415,16 +496,18 @@ void hv_hyp_synic_disable_regs(unsigned int cpu)
  * that the normal interrupt handling mechanism will find and process the channel interrupt
  * "very soon", and in the process clear the bit.
  */
-static bool hv_synic_event_pending(void)
+static bool __hv_synic_event_pending(union hv_synic_event_flags *event, int sint)
 {
-	struct hv_per_cpu_context *hv_cpu = this_cpu_ptr(hv_context.cpu_context);
-	union hv_synic_event_flags *event =
-		(union hv_synic_event_flags *)hv_cpu->hyp_synic_event_page + VMBUS_MESSAGE_SINT;
-	unsigned long *recv_int_page = event->flags; /* assumes VMBus version >= VERSION_WIN8 */
+	unsigned long *recv_int_page;
 	bool pending;
 	u32 relid;
 	int tries = 0;
 
+	if (!event)
+		return false;
+
+	event += sint;
+	recv_int_page = event->flags; /* assumes VMBus version >= VERSION_WIN8 */
 retry:
 	pending = false;
 	for_each_set_bit(relid, recv_int_page, HV_EVENT_FLAGS_COUNT) {
@@ -441,6 +524,17 @@ retry:
 	return pending;
 }
 
+static bool hv_synic_event_pending(void)
+{
+	struct hv_per_cpu_context *hv_cpu = this_cpu_ptr(hv_context.cpu_context);
+	union hv_synic_event_flags *hyp_synic_event_page = hv_cpu->hyp_synic_event_page;
+	union hv_synic_event_flags *para_synic_event_page = hv_cpu->para_synic_event_page;
+
+	return
+		__hv_synic_event_pending(hyp_synic_event_page, VMBUS_MESSAGE_SINT) ||
+		__hv_synic_event_pending(para_synic_event_page, VMBUS_MESSAGE_SINT);
+}
+
 static int hv_pick_new_cpu(struct vmbus_channel *channel)
 {
 	int ret = -EBUSY;
@@ -533,7 +627,27 @@ int hv_synic_cleanup(unsigned int cpu)
 always_cleanup:
 	hv_stimer_legacy_cleanup(cpu);
 
+	/*
+	 * First, disable the event and message pages
+	 * used for communicating with the host, and then
+	 * disable the host interrupts if VMBus is not
+	 * confidential.
+	 */
 	hv_hyp_synic_disable_regs(cpu);
+	if (!vmbus_is_confidential())
+		hv_hyp_synic_disable_interrupts();
+
+	/*
+	 * Perform the same steps for the Confidential VMBus.
+	 * The sequencing provides the guarantee that no data
+	 * may be posted for processing before disabling interrupts.
+	 */
+	if (vmbus_is_confidential()) {
+		hv_para_synic_disable_regs(cpu);
+		hv_para_synic_disable_interrupts();
+	}
+	if (vmbus_irq != -1)
+		disable_percpu_irq(vmbus_irq);
 
 	return ret;
 }