diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
index 84eb0a6a0b54..89d214dda360 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
@@ -952,6 +952,7 @@ void vmbus_initiate_unload(bool crash)
 	else
 		vmbus_wait_for_unload();
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vmbus_initiate_unload);
 
 static void vmbus_setup_channel_state(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
 				      struct vmbus_channel_offer_channel *offer)
diff --git a/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h b/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h
index 05a36854389a..eb8bdd8bb1f5 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h
+++ b/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h
@@ -441,7 +441,6 @@ void hv_vss_deinit(void);
 int hv_vss_pre_suspend(void);
 int hv_vss_pre_resume(void);
 void hv_vss_onchannelcallback(void *context);
-void vmbus_initiate_unload(bool crash);
 
 static inline void hv_poll_channel(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
 				   void (*cb)(void *))
diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
index d28ff45d4cfd..c9eeb2ec365d 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
@@ -69,19 +69,29 @@ bool vmbus_is_confidential(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vmbus_is_confidential);
 
+static bool skip_vmbus_unload;
+
+/*
+ * Allow a VMBus framebuffer driver to specify that in the case of a panic,
+ * it will do the VMbus unload operation once it has flushed any dirty
+ * portions of the framebuffer to the Hyper-V host.
+ */
+void vmbus_set_skip_unload(bool skip)
+{
+	skip_vmbus_unload = skip;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vmbus_set_skip_unload);
+
 /*
  * The panic notifier below is responsible solely for unloading the
  * vmbus connection, which is necessary in a panic event.
- *
- * Notice an intrincate relation of this notifier with Hyper-V
- * framebuffer panic notifier exists - we need vmbus connection alive
- * there in order to succeed, so we need to order both with each other
- * [see hvfb_on_panic()] - this is done using notifiers' priorities.
  */
 static int hv_panic_vmbus_unload(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
 			      void *args)
 {
-	vmbus_initiate_unload(true);
+	if (!skip_vmbus_unload)
+		vmbus_initiate_unload(true);
+
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
 static struct notifier_block hyperv_panic_vmbus_unload_block = {
@@ -2897,7 +2907,8 @@ static void hv_crash_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	int cpu;
 
-	vmbus_initiate_unload(true);
+	if (!skip_vmbus_unload)
+		vmbus_initiate_unload(true);
 	/*
 	 * In crash handler we can't schedule synic cleanup for all CPUs,
 	 * doing the cleanup for current CPU only. This should be sufficient
diff --git a/include/linux/hyperv.h b/include/linux/hyperv.h
index 964f1be8150c..41a3d82f0722 100644
--- a/include/linux/hyperv.h
+++ b/include/linux/hyperv.h
@@ -1336,6 +1336,9 @@ int vmbus_allocate_mmio(struct resource **new, struct hv_device *device_obj,
 			bool fb_overlap_ok);
 void vmbus_free_mmio(resource_size_t start, resource_size_t size);
 
+void vmbus_initiate_unload(bool crash);
+void vmbus_set_skip_unload(bool skip);
+
 /*
  * GUID definitions of various offer types - services offered to the guest.
  */