diff --git a/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c b/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c
index 59a4aa86d1f352137157a562d6eb77721fb5adf5..c6692fd5ab15581fe0f0c2d3ef0184d26c2d0585 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c
@@ -280,6 +280,19 @@ void hv_ringbuffer_cleanup(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *ring_info)
 	ring_info->pkt_buffer_size = 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check if the ring buffer spinlock is available to take or not; used on
+ * atomic contexts, like panic path (see the Hyper-V framebuffer driver).
+ */
+
+bool hv_ringbuffer_spinlock_busy(struct vmbus_channel *channel)
+{
+	struct hv_ring_buffer_info *rinfo = &channel->outbound;
+
+	return spin_is_locked(&rinfo->ring_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hv_ringbuffer_spinlock_busy);
+
 /* Write to the ring buffer. */
 int hv_ringbuffer_write(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
 			const struct kvec *kv_list, u32 kv_count,
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c
index 072ce07ba9e0586506fe4914d01cd81d511f804a..4ff25dfc865d95b768037558cddb1c463e35191e 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c
@@ -780,12 +780,18 @@ static void hvfb_ondemand_refresh_throttle(struct hvfb_par *par,
 static int hvfb_on_panic(struct notifier_block *nb,
 			 unsigned long e, void *p)
 {
+	struct hv_device *hdev;
 	struct hvfb_par *par;
 	struct fb_info *info;
 
 	par = container_of(nb, struct hvfb_par, hvfb_panic_nb);
-	par->synchronous_fb = true;
 	info = par->info;
+	hdev = device_to_hv_device(info->device);
+
+	if (hv_ringbuffer_spinlock_busy(hdev->channel))
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
+	par->synchronous_fb = true;
 	if (par->need_docopy)
 		hvfb_docopy(par, 0, dio_fb_size);
 	synthvid_update(info, 0, 0, INT_MAX, INT_MAX);
diff --git a/include/linux/hyperv.h b/include/linux/hyperv.h
index 3b42264333ef86d6eae3e4a8c1692994cdf6e759..646f1da9f27e0a948a426c85a9a6b25a715a5985 100644
--- a/include/linux/hyperv.h
+++ b/include/linux/hyperv.h
@@ -1341,6 +1341,8 @@ struct hv_ring_buffer_debug_info {
 int hv_ringbuffer_get_debuginfo(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *ring_info,
 				struct hv_ring_buffer_debug_info *debug_info);
 
+bool hv_ringbuffer_spinlock_busy(struct vmbus_channel *channel);
+
 /* Vmbus interface */
 #define vmbus_driver_register(driver)	\
 	__vmbus_driver_register(driver, THIS_MODULE, KBUILD_MODNAME)