diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
index a044fd3b3c4e..c42def04ac41 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
@@ -752,13 +752,14 @@ static void init_vp_index(struct vmbus_channel *channel)
 	u32 i, ncpu = num_online_cpus();
 	cpumask_var_t available_mask;
 	struct cpumask *allocated_mask;
+	const struct cpumask *node_mask;
 	const struct cpumask *hk_mask = housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ);
 	u32 target_cpu;
 	int numa_node;
 
 	if (!perf_chn ||
 	    !alloc_cpumask_var(&available_mask, GFP_KERNEL) ||
-	    cpumask_empty(hk_mask)) {
+	    !cpumask_intersects(hk_mask, cpu_online_mask)) {
 		/*
 		 * If the channel is not a performance critical
 		 * channel, bind it to VMBUS_CONNECT_CPU.
@@ -780,14 +781,19 @@ static void init_vp_index(struct vmbus_channel *channel)
 				next_numa_node_id = 0;
 				continue;
 			}
-			if (cpumask_empty(cpumask_of_node(numa_node)))
+			/*
+			 * Try next NUMA node if current NUMA node has no CPU
+			 * or doesn't contain any housekeeping CPU.
+			 */
+			node_mask = cpumask_of_node(numa_node);
+			if (!cpumask_intersects(node_mask, hk_mask))
 				continue;
 			break;
 		}
 		allocated_mask = &hv_context.hv_numa_map[numa_node];
 
 retry:
-		cpumask_xor(available_mask, allocated_mask, cpumask_of_node(numa_node));
+		cpumask_xor(available_mask, allocated_mask, node_mask);
 		cpumask_and(available_mask, available_mask, hk_mask);
 
 		if (cpumask_empty(available_mask)) {