diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d2d5c3377769..4dfe628ee4a0 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 048c5add0865eca299189263b0bf1c7a606de24a
+refs/heads/master: 3dd6cb497198a0533a2530b6a345c60c9a29b9bc
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/hv/hv_util.c b/trunk/drivers/hv/hv_util.c
index 8b7868a5bad0..1d4cbd8e8261 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/hv/hv_util.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/hv/hv_util.c
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ static struct hv_util_service util_kvp = {
 	.util_deinit = hv_kvp_deinit,
 };
 
+static void perform_shutdown(struct work_struct *dummy)
+{
+	orderly_poweroff(true);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Perform the shutdown operation in a thread context.
+ */
+static DECLARE_WORK(shutdown_work, perform_shutdown);
+
 static void shutdown_onchannelcallback(void *context)
 {
 	struct vmbus_channel *channel = context;
@@ -106,7 +116,7 @@ static void shutdown_onchannelcallback(void *context)
 	}
 
 	if (execute_shutdown == true)
-		orderly_poweroff(true);
+		schedule_work(&shutdown_work);
 }
 
 /*