diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 2c0d6ae221a138be080aaeee3f3e4e2c20f3cb78..36e38153d269cee0ce1d42af5099b0d38482117f 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5080,6 +5080,11 @@
 	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
 			Format: <command>
 
+	vring_force_dma_api
+			Force virtio vring to use dma api. This is only needed
+			on xdragon platform (prior to 20181230 release, e.g.
+			0930 release).
+
 	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
 			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
 			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 6228b48d1e1277fa149735f2eb2d3a6189da011b..e32403baa593559e3f466c30961231576c6c2148 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <xen/xen.h>
 
+static bool vring_force_dma_api = false;
+
 #ifdef DEBUG
 /* For development, we want to crash whenever the ring is screwed. */
 #define BAD_RING(_vq, fmt, args...)				\
@@ -115,6 +117,15 @@ struct vring_virtqueue {
 
 #define to_vvq(_vq) container_of(_vq, struct vring_virtqueue, vq)
 
+static int __init vring_dma_api_setup(char *str)
+{
+	vring_force_dma_api = true;
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Force vring dma api enabled\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+__setup("vring_force_dma_api", vring_dma_api_setup);
+
 /*
  * Modern virtio devices have feature bits to specify whether they need a
  * quirk and bypass the IOMMU. If not there, just use the DMA API.
@@ -143,6 +154,13 @@ struct vring_virtqueue {
 
 static bool vring_use_dma_api(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Prior to xdragon platform 20181230 release (e.g. 0930 release), we
+	 * need this hack to get ENI hotplug to work.
+	 */
+	if (vring_force_dma_api)
+		return true;
+
 	if (!virtio_has_iommu_quirk(vdev))
 		return true;