diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 2f6fe9b6b17bba4f981e3ba6a03f519d7e9ab14e..35c00c5ea02adcbdf6f2855b7ee506544944843a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
 
 static int napi_weight = 128;
 module_param(napi_weight, int, 0444);
@@ -126,6 +127,9 @@ struct virtnet_info {
 
 	/* Per-cpu variable to show the mapping from CPU to virtqueue */
 	int __percpu *vq_index;
+
+	/* CPU hot plug notifier */
+	struct notifier_block nb;
 };
 
 struct skb_vnet_hdr {
@@ -1067,6 +1071,26 @@ static void virtnet_set_affinity(struct virtnet_info *vi)
 	vi->affinity_hint_set = true;
 }
 
+static int virtnet_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
+			        unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
+{
+	struct virtnet_info *vi = container_of(nfb, struct virtnet_info, nb);
+
+	switch(action & ~CPU_TASKS_FROZEN) {
+	case CPU_ONLINE:
+	case CPU_DOWN_FAILED:
+	case CPU_DEAD:
+		virtnet_set_affinity(vi);
+		break;
+	case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE:
+		virtnet_clean_affinity(vi, (long)hcpu);
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+	return NOTIFY_OK;
+}
+
 static void virtnet_get_ringparam(struct net_device *dev,
 				struct ethtool_ringparam *ring)
 {
@@ -1541,6 +1565,13 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 		}
 	}
 
+	vi->nb.notifier_call = &virtnet_cpu_callback;
+	err = register_hotcpu_notifier(&vi->nb);
+	if (err) {
+		pr_debug("virtio_net: registering cpu notifier failed\n");
+		goto free_recv_bufs;
+	}
+
 	/* Assume link up if device can't report link status,
 	   otherwise get link status from config. */
 	if (virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS)) {
@@ -1587,6 +1618,8 @@ static void virtnet_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct virtnet_info *vi = vdev->priv;
 
+	unregister_hotcpu_notifier(&vi->nb);
+
 	/* Prevent config work handler from accessing the device. */
 	mutex_lock(&vi->config_lock);
 	vi->config_enable = false;