diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio_hv_generic.c b/drivers/uio/uio_hv_generic.c
index a2c7abf8c289efa8b4a0f132a0e4f322ce126bf6..7301da7244e818a2807497c5ab90446d52c2638c 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio_hv_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio_hv_generic.c
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ static void hv_uio_channel_cb(void *context)
 	struct hv_device *hv_dev = chan->device_obj;
 	struct hv_uio_private_data *pdata = hv_get_drvdata(hv_dev);
 
-	chan->inbound.ring_buffer->interrupt_mask = 1;
 	virt_mb();
 
 	uio_event_notify(&pdata->info);
@@ -173,8 +172,6 @@ hv_uio_new_channel(struct vmbus_channel *new_sc)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	/* Disable interrupts on sub channel */
-	new_sc->inbound.ring_buffer->interrupt_mask = 1;
 	set_channel_read_mode(new_sc, HV_CALL_ISR);
 
 	ret = sysfs_create_bin_file(&new_sc->kobj, &ring_buffer_bin_attr);
@@ -218,9 +215,7 @@ hv_uio_open(struct uio_info *info, struct inode *inode)
 
 	ret = vmbus_connect_ring(dev->channel,
 				 hv_uio_channel_cb, dev->channel);
-	if (ret == 0)
-		dev->channel->inbound.ring_buffer->interrupt_mask = 1;
-	else
+	if (ret)
 		atomic_dec(&pdata->refcnt);
 
 	return ret;