Index: sys/dev/hyperv/vmbus/hv_vmbus_drv_freebsd.c
===================================================================
--- sys/dev/hyperv/vmbus/hv_vmbus_drv_freebsd.c
+++ sys/dev/hyperv/vmbus/hv_vmbus_drv_freebsd.c
@@ -69,13 +69,12 @@
 static hv_setup_args setup_args; /* only CPU 0 supported at this time */
 
 static char *vmbus_ids[] = { "VMBUS", NULL };
-
 /**
  * @brief Software interrupt thread routine to handle channel messages from
  * the hypervisor.
  */
 static void
-vmbus_msg_swintr(void *arg)
+vmbus_msg_swintr(void *arg, int pending)
 {
 	int 			cpu;
 	void*			page_addr;
@@ -201,7 +200,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (msg->header.message_type != HV_MESSAGE_TYPE_NONE) {
-		swi_sched(hv_vmbus_g_context.msg_swintr[cpu], 0);
+		taskqueue_enqueue(taskqueue_fast, &hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_msg_task[cpu]);
 	}
 
 	return (FILTER_HANDLED);
@@ -485,9 +484,6 @@
 	setup_args.vector = hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_cb_vector;
 
 	CPU_FOREACH(j) {
-		hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_msg_intr_event[j] = NULL;
-		hv_vmbus_g_context.msg_swintr[j] = NULL;
-
 		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "cpu%d:hyperv", j);
 		intrcnt_add(buf, &hv_vmbus_intr_cpu[j]);
 
@@ -504,40 +500,14 @@
 		 */
 		hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_event_queue[j] = taskqueue_create_fast("hyperv event", M_WAITOK,
 			taskqueue_thread_enqueue, &hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_event_queue[j]);
-		if (hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_event_queue[j] == NULL) {
-			if (bootverbose)
-				printf("VMBUS: failed to setup taskqueue\n");
-			goto cleanup1;
-		}
 		CPU_SETOF(j, &cpu_mask);
 		taskqueue_start_threads_cpuset(&hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_event_queue[j], 1, PI_NET, &cpu_mask,
 			"hvevent%d", j);
 
 		/*
-		 * Setup software interrupt thread and handler for msg handling.
+		 * Setup taskqueue to handle msg
 		 */
-		ret = swi_add(&hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_msg_intr_event[j],
-		    "hv_msg", vmbus_msg_swintr, (void *)(long)j, SWI_CLOCK, 0,
-		    &hv_vmbus_g_context.msg_swintr[j]);
-		if (ret) {
-			if(bootverbose)
-				printf("VMBUS: failed to setup msg swi for "
-				    "cpu %d\n", j);
-			goto cleanup1;
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * Bind the swi thread to the cpu.
-		 */
-		ret = intr_event_bind(hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_msg_intr_event[j],
-		    j);
-		if (ret) {
-			if(bootverbose)
-				printf("VMBUS: failed to bind msg swi thread "
-				    "to cpu %d\n", j);
-			goto cleanup1;
-		}
-
+		TASK_INIT(&hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_msg_task[j], 0, vmbus_msg_swintr, (void *)(long)j);
 		/*
 		 * Prepare the per cpu msg and event pages to be called on each cpu.
 		 */
@@ -576,11 +546,10 @@
 	 * remove swi and vmbus callback vector;
 	 */
 	CPU_FOREACH(j) {
-		if (hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_event_queue[j] != NULL)
+		if (hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_event_queue[j] != NULL) {
 			taskqueue_free(hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_event_queue[j]);
-		if (hv_vmbus_g_context.msg_swintr[j] != NULL)
-			swi_remove(hv_vmbus_g_context.msg_swintr[j]);
-		hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_msg_intr_event[j] = NULL;	
+			hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_event_queue[j] = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	vmbus_vector_free(hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_cb_vector);
@@ -645,11 +614,10 @@
 
 	/* remove swi */
 	CPU_FOREACH(i) {
-		if (hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_event_queue[i] != NULL)
+		if (hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_event_queue[i] != NULL) {
 			taskqueue_free(hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_event_queue[i]);
-		if (hv_vmbus_g_context.msg_swintr[i] != NULL)
-			swi_remove(hv_vmbus_g_context.msg_swintr[i]);
-		hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_msg_intr_event[i] = NULL;	
+			hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_event_queue[i] = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	vmbus_vector_free(hv_vmbus_g_context.hv_cb_vector);
Index: sys/dev/hyperv/vmbus/hv_vmbus_priv.h
===================================================================
--- sys/dev/hyperv/vmbus/hv_vmbus_priv.h
+++ sys/dev/hyperv/vmbus/hv_vmbus_priv.h
@@ -203,8 +203,7 @@
 	 * event and msg handling.
 	 */
 	struct taskqueue		*hv_event_queue[MAXCPU];
-	struct intr_event		*hv_msg_intr_event[MAXCPU];
-	void				*msg_swintr[MAXCPU];
+	struct task			hv_msg_task[MAXCPU];
 	/*
 	 * Host use this vector to intrrupt guest for vmbus channel
 	 * event and msg.