diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel.c b/drivers/hv/channel.c
index 1161d68..3f04533 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/channel.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/channel.c
@@ -659,6 +659,9 @@
 	 * If we cannot write to the ring-buffer; signal the host
 	 * even if we may not have written anything. This is a rare
 	 * enough condition that it should not matter.
+	 * NOTE: in this case, the hvsock channel is an exception, because
+	 * it looks the host side's hvsock implementation has a throttling
+	 * mechanism which can hurt the performance otherwise.
 	 */
 
 	if (channel->signal_policy)
@@ -666,7 +669,8 @@
 	else
 		kick_q = true;
 
-	if (((ret == 0) && kick_q && signal) || (ret))
+	if (((ret == 0) && kick_q && signal) ||
+	    (ret && !is_hvsock_channel(channel)))
 		vmbus_setevent(channel);
 
 	return ret;