diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
index c71cc857b649ddc23f3289e23ec43e898901fa1a..2c6d5c7a444599326ea0b4252e8661169f12c1ca 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ static ssize_t out_intr_mask_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	if (!hv_dev->channel)
 		return -ENODEV;
+	if (hv_dev->channel->state != CHANNEL_OPENED_STATE)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	hv_ringbuffer_get_debuginfo(&hv_dev->channel->outbound, &outbound);
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", outbound.current_interrupt_mask);
 }
@@ -329,6 +331,8 @@ static ssize_t out_read_index_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	if (!hv_dev->channel)
 		return -ENODEV;
+	if (hv_dev->channel->state != CHANNEL_OPENED_STATE)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	hv_ringbuffer_get_debuginfo(&hv_dev->channel->outbound, &outbound);
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", outbound.current_read_index);
 }
@@ -343,6 +347,8 @@ static ssize_t out_write_index_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	if (!hv_dev->channel)
 		return -ENODEV;
+	if (hv_dev->channel->state != CHANNEL_OPENED_STATE)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	hv_ringbuffer_get_debuginfo(&hv_dev->channel->outbound, &outbound);
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", outbound.current_write_index);
 }
@@ -357,6 +363,8 @@ static ssize_t out_read_bytes_avail_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	if (!hv_dev->channel)
 		return -ENODEV;
+	if (hv_dev->channel->state != CHANNEL_OPENED_STATE)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	hv_ringbuffer_get_debuginfo(&hv_dev->channel->outbound, &outbound);
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", outbound.bytes_avail_toread);
 }
@@ -371,6 +379,8 @@ static ssize_t out_write_bytes_avail_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	if (!hv_dev->channel)
 		return -ENODEV;
+	if (hv_dev->channel->state != CHANNEL_OPENED_STATE)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	hv_ringbuffer_get_debuginfo(&hv_dev->channel->outbound, &outbound);
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", outbound.bytes_avail_towrite);
 }
@@ -384,6 +394,8 @@ static ssize_t in_intr_mask_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	if (!hv_dev->channel)
 		return -ENODEV;
+	if (hv_dev->channel->state != CHANNEL_OPENED_STATE)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	hv_ringbuffer_get_debuginfo(&hv_dev->channel->inbound, &inbound);
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", inbound.current_interrupt_mask);
 }
@@ -397,6 +409,8 @@ static ssize_t in_read_index_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	if (!hv_dev->channel)
 		return -ENODEV;
+	if (hv_dev->channel->state != CHANNEL_OPENED_STATE)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	hv_ringbuffer_get_debuginfo(&hv_dev->channel->inbound, &inbound);
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", inbound.current_read_index);
 }
@@ -410,6 +424,8 @@ static ssize_t in_write_index_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	if (!hv_dev->channel)
 		return -ENODEV;
+	if (hv_dev->channel->state != CHANNEL_OPENED_STATE)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	hv_ringbuffer_get_debuginfo(&hv_dev->channel->inbound, &inbound);
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", inbound.current_write_index);
 }
@@ -424,6 +440,8 @@ static ssize_t in_read_bytes_avail_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	if (!hv_dev->channel)
 		return -ENODEV;
+	if (hv_dev->channel->state != CHANNEL_OPENED_STATE)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	hv_ringbuffer_get_debuginfo(&hv_dev->channel->inbound, &inbound);
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", inbound.bytes_avail_toread);
 }
@@ -438,6 +456,8 @@ static ssize_t in_write_bytes_avail_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	if (!hv_dev->channel)
 		return -ENODEV;
+	if (hv_dev->channel->state != CHANNEL_OPENED_STATE)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	hv_ringbuffer_get_debuginfo(&hv_dev->channel->inbound, &inbound);
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", inbound.bytes_avail_towrite);
 }