diff --git a/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c b/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c
index cd49cb1..2cd4029 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c
@@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ int hv_ringbuffer_write(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
 	unsigned long flags = 0;
 	struct hv_ring_buffer_info *outring_info = &channel->outbound;
 
+	if (channel->rescind)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < kv_count; i++)
 		totalbytes_towrite += kv_list[i].iov_len;
 
@@ -350,6 +353,10 @@ int hv_ringbuffer_write(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&outring_info->ring_lock, flags);
 
 	hv_signal_on_write(old_write, channel, kick_q);
+
+	if (channel->rescind)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	return 0;
 }