diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
index 186cbe6983a9..2c906195b9c8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
+#include <linux/dmi.h>
 #include "VersionInfo.h"
 #include "osd.h"
 #include "logging.h"
@@ -948,6 +949,19 @@ static irqreturn_t vmbus_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	}
 }
 
+static struct dmi_system_id __initdata microsoft_hv_dmi_table[] = {
+	{
+		.ident = "Hyper-V",
+		.matches = {
+			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Microsoft Corporation"),
+			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Virtual Machine"),
+			DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "Virtual Machine"),
+		},
+	},
+	{ },
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(dmi, microsoft_hv_dmi_table);
+
 static int __init vmbus_init(void)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -959,6 +973,9 @@ static int __init vmbus_init(void)
 		vmbus_loglevel, HIWORD(vmbus_loglevel), LOWORD(vmbus_loglevel));
 	/* Todo: it is used for loglevel, to be ported to new kernel. */
 
+	if (!dmi_check_system(microsoft_hv_dmi_table))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	ret = vmbus_bus_init(VmbusInitialize);
 
 	DPRINT_EXIT(VMBUS_DRV);
@@ -980,10 +997,6 @@ static void __exit vmbus_exit(void)
  * needed by distro tools to determine if the hyperv drivers should be
  * installed and/or configured.  We don't do anything else with the table, but
  * it needs to be present.
- *
- * We might consider triggering off of DMI table info as well, as that does
- * decribe the virtual machine being run on, but not all configuration tools
- * seem to be able to handle DMI device ids properly.
  */
 const static struct pci_device_id microsoft_hv_pci_table[] = {
 	{ PCI_DEVICE(0x1414, 0x5353) },	/* VGA compatible controller */