diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
index 53a60c81e220..05ead1735c6e 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
@@ -2308,7 +2308,7 @@ static void hv_crash_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	vmbus_connection.conn_state = DISCONNECTED;
 	cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	hv_stimer_cleanup(cpu);
-	hv_synic_cleanup(cpu);
+	hv_synic_disable_regs(cpu);
 	hyperv_cleanup();
 };