diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv.c b/drivers/hv/hv.c
index 39531dcf582f..d3943bceecc3 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv.c
@@ -312,7 +312,11 @@ static void hv_init_clockevent_device(struct clock_event_device *dev, int cpu)
 	dev->features = CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT;
 	dev->cpumask = cpumask_of(cpu);
 	dev->rating = 1000;
-	dev->owner = THIS_MODULE;
+	/*
+	 * Avoid settint dev->owner = THIS_MODULE deliberately as doing so will
+	 * result in clockevents_config_and_register() taking additional
+	 * references to the hv_vmbus module making it impossible to unload.
+	 */
 
 	dev->set_mode = hv_ce_setmode;
 	dev->set_next_event = hv_ce_set_next_event;
@@ -469,6 +473,20 @@ void hv_synic_init(void *arg)
 	return;
 }
 
+/*
+ * hv_synic_clockevents_cleanup - Cleanup clockevent devices
+ */
+void hv_synic_clockevents_cleanup(void)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (!(ms_hyperv.features & HV_X64_MSR_SYNTIMER_AVAILABLE))
+		return;
+
+	for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
+		clockevents_unbind_device(hv_context.clk_evt[cpu], cpu);
+}
+
 /*
  * hv_synic_cleanup - Cleanup routine for hv_synic_init().
  */
@@ -483,6 +501,11 @@ void hv_synic_cleanup(void *arg)
 	if (!hv_context.synic_initialized)
 		return;
 
+	/* Turn off clockevent device */
+	if (ms_hyperv.features & HV_X64_MSR_SYNTIMER_AVAILABLE)
+		hv_ce_setmode(CLOCK_EVT_MODE_SHUTDOWN,
+			      hv_context.clk_evt[cpu]);
+
 	rdmsrl(HV_X64_MSR_SINT0 + VMBUS_MESSAGE_SINT, shared_sint.as_uint64);
 
 	shared_sint.masked = 1;
diff --git a/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h b/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h
index 6cf2de9f487a..b055e53bbc6e 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h
+++ b/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h
@@ -572,6 +572,8 @@ extern void hv_synic_init(void *irqarg);
 
 extern void hv_synic_cleanup(void *arg);
 
+extern void hv_synic_clockevents_cleanup(void);
+
 /*
  * Host version information.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
index d8233d4513a5..6d99aa5c49d6 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
@@ -1032,6 +1032,7 @@ static void __exit vmbus_exit(void)
 	int cpu;
 
 	vmbus_connection.conn_state = DISCONNECTED;
+	hv_synic_clockevents_cleanup();
 	hv_remove_vmbus_irq();
 	vmbus_free_channels();
 	bus_unregister(&hv_bus);