diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-vmbus b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-vmbus
index 3fed8fdb873d7..c4ffdfc324b41 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-vmbus
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-vmbus
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ What:		/sys/bus/vmbus/devices/<UUID>/channels/<N>/latency
 Date:		September. 2017
 KernelVersion:	4.14
 Contact:	Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>
-Description:	Channel signaling latency
+Description:	Channel signaling latency. This file is available only for
+		performance critical channels (storage, network, etc.) that use
+		the monitor page mechanism.
 Users:		Debugging tools
 
 What:		/sys/bus/vmbus/devices/<UUID>/channels/<N>/out_mask
@@ -95,7 +97,9 @@ What:		/sys/bus/vmbus/devices/<UUID>/channels/<N>/pending
 Date:		September. 2017
 KernelVersion:	4.14
 Contact:	Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>
-Description:	Channel interrupt pending state
+Description:	Channel interrupt pending state. This file is available only for
+		performance critical channels (storage, network, etc.) that use
+		the monitor page mechanism.
 Users:		Debugging tools
 
 What:		/sys/bus/vmbus/devices/<UUID>/channels/<N>/read_avail
@@ -137,7 +141,9 @@ What:		/sys/bus/vmbus/devices/<UUID>/channels/<N>/monitor_id
 Date:		January. 2018
 KernelVersion:	4.16
 Contact:	Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>
-Description:	Monitor bit associated with channel
+Description:	Monitor bit associated with channel. This file is available only
+		for performance critical channels (storage, network, etc.) that
+		use the monitor page mechanism.
 Users:		Debugging tools and userspace drivers
 
 What:		/sys/bus/vmbus/devices/<UUID>/channels/<N>/ring
diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
index cdd4392c589d3..a3f6933f94e30 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ static struct vmbus_channel *alloc_channel(void)
 static void free_channel(struct vmbus_channel *channel)
 {
 	tasklet_kill(&channel->callback_event);
+	vmbus_remove_channel_attr_group(channel);
 
 	kobject_put(&channel->kobj);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h b/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h
index 7e7c8debbd285..c4ad518890243 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h
+++ b/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h
@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ void vmbus_device_unregister(struct hv_device *device_obj);
 int vmbus_add_channel_kobj(struct hv_device *device_obj,
 			   struct vmbus_channel *channel);
 
+void vmbus_remove_channel_attr_group(struct vmbus_channel *channel);
+
 struct vmbus_channel *relid2channel(u32 relid);
 
 void vmbus_free_channels(void);
diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
index 0699c60188895..aab21c1534a10 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
@@ -609,7 +609,36 @@ static struct attribute *vmbus_dev_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_device.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
-ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(vmbus_dev);
+
+/*
+ * Device-level attribute_group callback function. Returns the permission for
+ * each attribute, and returns 0 if an attribute is not visible.
+ */
+static umode_t vmbus_dev_attr_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
+					 struct attribute *attr, int idx)
+{
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
+	const struct hv_device *hv_dev = device_to_hv_device(dev);
+
+	/* Hide the monitor attributes if the monitor mechanism is not used. */
+	if (!hv_dev->channel->offermsg.monitor_allocated &&
+	    (attr == &dev_attr_monitor_id.attr ||
+	     attr == &dev_attr_server_monitor_pending.attr ||
+	     attr == &dev_attr_client_monitor_pending.attr ||
+	     attr == &dev_attr_server_monitor_latency.attr ||
+	     attr == &dev_attr_client_monitor_latency.attr ||
+	     attr == &dev_attr_server_monitor_conn_id.attr ||
+	     attr == &dev_attr_client_monitor_conn_id.attr))
+		return 0;
+
+	return attr->mode;
+}
+
+static const struct attribute_group vmbus_dev_group = {
+	.attrs = vmbus_dev_attrs,
+	.is_visible = vmbus_dev_attr_is_visible
+};
+__ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(vmbus_dev);
 
 /*
  * vmbus_uevent - add uevent for our device
@@ -1484,10 +1513,34 @@ static struct attribute *vmbus_chan_attrs[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
+/*
+ * Channel-level attribute_group callback function. Returns the permission for
+ * each attribute, and returns 0 if an attribute is not visible.
+ */
+static umode_t vmbus_chan_attr_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
+					  struct attribute *attr, int idx)
+{
+	const struct vmbus_channel *channel =
+		container_of(kobj, struct vmbus_channel, kobj);
+
+	/* Hide the monitor attributes if the monitor mechanism is not used. */
+	if (!channel->offermsg.monitor_allocated &&
+	    (attr == &chan_attr_pending.attr ||
+	     attr == &chan_attr_latency.attr ||
+	     attr == &chan_attr_monitor_id.attr))
+		return 0;
+
+	return attr->mode;
+}
+
+static struct attribute_group vmbus_chan_group = {
+	.attrs = vmbus_chan_attrs,
+	.is_visible = vmbus_chan_attr_is_visible
+};
+
 static struct kobj_type vmbus_chan_ktype = {
 	.sysfs_ops = &vmbus_chan_sysfs_ops,
 	.release = vmbus_chan_release,
-	.default_attrs = vmbus_chan_attrs,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -1495,6 +1548,7 @@ static struct kobj_type vmbus_chan_ktype = {
  */
 int vmbus_add_channel_kobj(struct hv_device *dev, struct vmbus_channel *channel)
 {
+	const struct device *device = &dev->device;
 	struct kobject *kobj = &channel->kobj;
 	u32 relid = channel->offermsg.child_relid;
 	int ret;
@@ -1505,11 +1559,30 @@ int vmbus_add_channel_kobj(struct hv_device *dev, struct vmbus_channel *channel)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	ret = sysfs_create_group(kobj, &vmbus_chan_group);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		/*
+		 * The calling functions' error handling paths will cleanup the
+		 * empty channel directory.
+		 */
+		dev_err(device, "Unable to set up channel sysfs files\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * vmbus_remove_channel_attr_group - remove the channel's attribute group
+ */
+void vmbus_remove_channel_attr_group(struct vmbus_channel *channel)
+{
+	sysfs_remove_group(&channel->kobj, &vmbus_chan_group);
+}
+
 /*
  * vmbus_device_create - Creates and registers a new child device
  * on the vmbus.
