diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index db55a50..07d8e59 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
 	sg_init_table(vblk->sg, vblk->sg_elems);
 
 	/* We expect one virtqueue, for output. */
-	vblk->vq = vdev->config->find_vq(vdev, 0, blk_done, "requests");
+	vblk->vq = virtio_find_single_vq(vdev, blk_done, "requests");
 	if (IS_ERR(vblk->vq)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(vblk->vq);
 		goto out_free_vblk;
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
 out_mempool:
 	mempool_destroy(vblk->pool);
 out_free_vq:
-	vdev->config->del_vq(vblk->vq);
+	vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
 out_free_vblk:
 	kfree(vblk);
 out:
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@
 	blk_cleanup_queue(vblk->disk->queue);
 	put_disk(vblk->disk);
 	mempool_destroy(vblk->pool);
-	vdev->config->del_vq(vblk->vq);
+	vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
 	kfree(vblk);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c
index 2aeafce..f2041fe 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@
 	int err;
 
 	/* We expect a single virtqueue. */
-	vq = vdev->config->find_vq(vdev, 0, random_recv_done, "input");
+	vq = virtio_find_single_vq(vdev, random_recv_done, "input");
 	if (IS_ERR(vq))
 		return PTR_ERR(vq);
 
 	err = hwrng_register(&virtio_hwrng);
 	if (err) {
-		vdev->config->del_vq(vq);
+		vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
 		return err;
 	}
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 {
 	vdev->config->reset(vdev);
 	hwrng_unregister(&virtio_hwrng);
-	vdev->config->del_vq(vq);
+	vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
 }
 
 static struct virtio_device_id id_table[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
index 58684e4..c74dacf 100644
--- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
+++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@
  * Finally we put our input buffer in the input queue, ready to receive. */
 static int __devinit virtcons_probe(struct virtio_device *dev)
 {
+	vq_callback_t *callbacks[] = { hvc_handle_input, NULL};
+	const char *names[] = { "input", "output" };
+	struct virtqueue *vqs[2];
 	int err;
 
 	vdev = dev;
@@ -199,20 +202,15 @@
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	/* Find the input queue. */
+	/* Find the queues. */
 	/* FIXME: This is why we want to wean off hvc: we do nothing
 	 * when input comes in. */
-	in_vq = vdev->config->find_vq(vdev, 0, hvc_handle_input, "input");
-	if (IS_ERR(in_vq)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(in_vq);
+	err = vdev->config->find_vqs(vdev, 2, vqs, callbacks, names);
+	if (err)
 		goto free;
-	}
 
-	out_vq = vdev->config->find_vq(vdev, 1, NULL, "output");
-	if (IS_ERR(out_vq)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(out_vq);
-		goto free_in_vq;
-	}
+	in_vq = vqs[0];
+	out_vq = vqs[1];
 
 	/* Start using the new console output. */
 	virtio_cons.get_chars = get_chars;
@@ -233,17 +231,15 @@
 	hvc = hvc_alloc(0, 0, &virtio_cons, PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (IS_ERR(hvc)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(hvc);
-		goto free_out_vq;
+		goto free_vqs;
 	}
 
 	/* Register the input buffer the first time. */
 	add_inbuf();
 	return 0;
 
-free_out_vq:
-	vdev->config->del_vq(out_vq);
-free_in_vq:
-	vdev->config->del_vq(in_vq);
+free_vqs:
+	vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
 free:
 	kfree(inbuf);
 fail:
diff --git a/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c b/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c
index 4babed8..e082cda 100644
--- a/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c
+++ b/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c
@@ -313,6 +313,38 @@
 	kfree(lvq);
 }
 
+static void lg_del_vqs(struct virtio_device *vdev)
+{
+	struct virtqueue *vq, *n;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(vq, n, &vdev->vqs, list)
+		lg_del_vq(vq);
+}
+
+static int lg_find_vqs(struct virtio_device *vdev, unsigned nvqs,
+		       struct virtqueue *vqs[],
+		       vq_callback_t *callbacks[],
+		       const char *names[])
+{
+	struct lguest_device *ldev = to_lgdev(vdev);
+	int i;
+
+	/* We must have this many virtqueues. */
+	if (nvqs > ldev->desc->num_vq)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nvqs; ++i) {
+		vqs[i] = lg_find_vq(vdev, i, callbacks[i], names[i]);
+		if (IS_ERR(vqs[i]))
+			goto error;
+	}
+	return 0;
+
+error:
+	lg_del_vqs(vdev);
+	return PTR_ERR(vqs[i]);
+}
+
 /* The ops structure which hooks everything together. */
 static struct virtio_config_ops lguest_config_ops = {
 	.get_features = lg_get_features,
@@ -322,8 +354,8 @@
 	.get_status = lg_get_status,
 	.set_status = lg_set_status,
 	.reset = lg_reset,
-	.find_vq = lg_find_vq,
-	.del_vq = lg_del_vq,
+	.find_vqs = lg_find_vqs,
+	.del_vqs = lg_del_vqs,
 };
 
 /* The root device for the lguest virtio devices.  This makes them appear as
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index be3b734..7fa620dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -845,6 +845,10 @@
 	int err;
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct virtnet_info *vi;
+	struct virtqueue *vqs[3];
+	vq_callback_t *callbacks[] = { skb_recv_done, skb_xmit_done, NULL};
+	const char *names[] = { "input", "output", "control" };
+	int nvqs;
 
 	/* Allocate ourselves a network device with room for our info */
 	dev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(struct virtnet_info));
@@ -905,25 +909,19 @@
 	if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF))
 		vi->mergeable_rx_bufs = true;
 
-	/* We expect two virtqueues, receive then send. */
-	vi->rvq = vdev->config->find_vq(vdev, 0, skb_recv_done, "input");
-	if (IS_ERR(vi->rvq)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(vi->rvq);
-		goto free;
-	}
+	/* We expect two virtqueues, receive then send,
+	 * and optionally control. */
+	nvqs = virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ) ? 3 : 2;
 
-	vi->svq = vdev->config->find_vq(vdev, 1, skb_xmit_done, "output");
-	if (IS_ERR(vi->svq)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(vi->svq);
-		goto free_recv;
-	}
+	err = vdev->config->find_vqs(vdev, nvqs, vqs, callbacks, names);
+	if (err)
+		goto free;
+
+	vi->rvq = vqs[0];
+	vi->svq = vqs[1];
 
 	if (virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ)) {
-		vi->cvq = vdev->config->find_vq(vdev, 2, NULL, "control");
-		if (IS_ERR(vi->cvq)) {
-			err = PTR_ERR(vi->svq);
-			goto free_send;
-		}
+		vi->cvq = vqs[2];
 
 		if (virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VLAN))
 			dev->features |= NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_FILTER;
@@ -941,7 +939,7 @@
 	err = register_netdev(dev);
 	if (err) {
 		pr_debug("virtio_net: registering device failed\n");
-		goto free_ctrl;
+		goto free_vqs;
 	}
 
 	/* Last of all, set up some receive buffers. */
@@ -962,13 +960,8 @@
 
 unregister:
 	unregister_netdev(dev);
-free_ctrl:
-	if (virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ))
-		vdev->config->del_vq(vi->cvq);
-free_send:
-	vdev->config->del_vq(vi->svq);
-free_recv:
-	vdev->config->del_vq(vi->rvq);
+free_vqs:
+	vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
 free:
 	free_netdev(dev);
 	return err;
@@ -994,12 +987,10 @@
 
 	BUG_ON(vi->num != 0);
 
-	vdev->config->del_vq(vi->svq);
-	vdev->config->del_vq(vi->rvq);
-	if (virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ))
-		vdev->config->del_vq(vi->cvq);
 	unregister_netdev(vi->dev);
 
+	vdev->config->del_vqs(vi->vdev);
+
 	while (vi->pages)
 		__free_pages(get_a_page(vi, GFP_KERNEL), 0);
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/kvm/kvm_virtio.c b/drivers/s390/kvm/kvm_virtio.c
index ba8995f..e38e5d3 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/kvm/kvm_virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/kvm/kvm_virtio.c
@@ -227,6 +227,38 @@
 				       KVM_S390_VIRTIO_RING_ALIGN));
 }
 
+static void kvm_del_vqs(struct virtio_device *vdev)
+{
+	struct virtqueue *vq, *n;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(vq, n, &vdev->vqs, list)
+		kvm_del_vq(vq);
+}
+
+static int kvm_find_vqs(struct virtio_device *vdev, unsigned nvqs,
+			struct virtqueue *vqs[],
+			vq_callback_t *callbacks[],
+			const char *names[])
+{
+	struct kvm_device *kdev = to_kvmdev(vdev);
+	int i;
+
+	/* We must have this many virtqueues. */
+	if (nvqs > kdev->desc->num_vq)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nvqs; ++i) {
+		vqs[i] = kvm_find_vq(vdev, i, callbacks[i], names[i]);
+		if (IS_ERR(vqs[i]))
+			goto error;
+	}
+	return 0;
+
+error:
+	kvm_del_vqs(vdev);
+	return PTR_ERR(vqs[i]);
+}
+
 /*
  * The config ops structure as defined by virtio config
  */
@@ -238,8 +270,8 @@
 	.get_status = kvm_get_status,
 	.set_status = kvm_set_status,
 	.reset = kvm_reset,
-	.find_vq = kvm_find_vq,
-	.del_vq = kvm_del_vq,
+	.find_vqs = kvm_find_vqs,
+	.del_vqs = kvm_del_vqs,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 0fa73b4..26b2782 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@
 static int virtballoon_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct virtio_balloon *vb;
+	struct virtqueue *vqs[2];
+	vq_callback_t *callbacks[] = { balloon_ack, balloon_ack };
+	const char *names[] = { "inflate", "deflate" };
 	int err;
 
 	vdev->priv = vb = kmalloc(sizeof(*vb), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -218,22 +221,17 @@
 	vb->vdev = vdev;
 
 	/* We expect two virtqueues. */
-	vb->inflate_vq = vdev->config->find_vq(vdev, 0, balloon_ack, "inflate");
-	if (IS_ERR(vb->inflate_vq)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(vb->inflate_vq);
+	err = vdev->config->find_vqs(vdev, 2, vqs, callbacks, names);
+	if (err)
 		goto out_free_vb;
-	}
 
-	vb->deflate_vq = vdev->config->find_vq(vdev, 1, balloon_ack, "deflate");
-	if (IS_ERR(vb->deflate_vq)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(vb->deflate_vq);
-		goto out_del_inflate_vq;
-	}
+	vb->inflate_vq = vqs[0];
+	vb->deflate_vq = vqs[1];
 
 	vb->thread = kthread_run(balloon, vb, "vballoon");
 	if (IS_ERR(vb->thread)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(vb->thread);
-		goto out_del_deflate_vq;
+		goto out_del_vqs;
 	}
 
 	vb->tell_host_first
@@ -241,10 +239,8 @@
 
 	return 0;
 
-out_del_deflate_vq:
-	vdev->config->del_vq(vb->deflate_vq);
-out_del_inflate_vq:
-	vdev->config->del_vq(vb->inflate_vq);
+out_del_vqs:
+	vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
 out_free_vb:
 	kfree(vb);
 out:
@@ -264,8 +260,7 @@
 	/* Now we reset the device so we can clean up the queues. */
 	vdev->config->reset(vdev);
 
-	vdev->config->del_vq(vb->deflate_vq);
-	vdev->config->del_vq(vb->inflate_vq);
+	vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
 	kfree(vb);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
index be4047a..027f13f 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
@@ -276,11 +276,7 @@
 {
 	struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev = to_vp_device(vq->vdev);
 	struct virtio_pci_vq_info *info = vq->priv;
-	unsigned long flags, size;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&vp_dev->lock, flags);
-	list_del(&info->node);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vp_dev->lock, flags);
+	unsigned long size;
 
 	vring_del_virtqueue(vq);
 
@@ -293,14 +289,41 @@
 	kfree(info);
 }
 
+static void vp_del_vqs(struct virtio_device *vdev)
+{
+	struct virtqueue *vq, *n;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(vq, n, &vdev->vqs, list)
+		vp_del_vq(vq);
+}
+
+static int vp_find_vqs(struct virtio_device *vdev, unsigned nvqs,
+		       struct virtqueue *vqs[],
+		       vq_callback_t *callbacks[],
+		       const char *names[])
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nvqs; ++i) {
+		vqs[i] = vp_find_vq(vdev, i, callbacks[i], names[i]);
+		if (IS_ERR(vqs[i]))
+			goto error;
+	}
+	return 0;
+
+error:
+	vp_del_vqs(vdev);
+	return PTR_ERR(vqs[i]);
+}
+
 static struct virtio_config_ops virtio_pci_config_ops = {
 	.get		= vp_get,
 	.set		= vp_set,
 	.get_status	= vp_get_status,
 	.set_status	= vp_set_status,
 	.reset		= vp_reset,
-	.find_vq	= vp_find_vq,
-	.del_vq		= vp_del_vq,
+	.find_vqs	= vp_find_vqs,
+	.del_vqs	= vp_del_vqs,
 	.get_features	= vp_get_features,
 	.finalize_features = vp_finalize_features,
 };
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_config.h b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
index 9fae274..4cd290c 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_config.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #define VIRTIO_F_NOTIFY_ON_EMPTY	24
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
+#include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/virtio.h>
 
 /**
@@ -49,16 +50,26 @@
  * @set_status: write the status byte
  *	vdev: the virtio_device
  *	status: the new status byte
+ * @request_vqs: request the specified number of virtqueues
+ *	vdev: the virtio_device
+ *	max_vqs: the max number of virtqueues we want
+ *      If supplied, must call before any virtqueues are instantiated.
+ *      To modify the max number of virtqueues after request_vqs has been
+ *      called, call free_vqs and then request_vqs with a new value.
+ * @free_vqs: cleanup resources allocated by request_vqs
+ *	vdev: the virtio_device
+ *      If supplied, must call after all virtqueues have been deleted.
  * @reset: reset the device
  *	vdev: the virtio device
  *	After this, status and feature negotiation must be done again
- * @find_vq: find a virtqueue and instantiate it.
+ * @find_vqs: find virtqueues and instantiate them.
  *	vdev: the virtio_device
- *	index: the 0-based virtqueue number in case there's more than one.
- *	callback: the virtqueue callback
- *	name: the virtqueue name (mainly for debugging)
- *	Returns the new virtqueue or ERR_PTR() (eg. -ENOENT).
- * @del_vq: free a virtqueue found by find_vq().
+ *	nvqs: the number of virtqueues to find
+ *	vqs: on success, includes new virtqueues
+ *	callbacks: array of callbacks, for each virtqueue
+ *	names: array of virtqueue names (mainly for debugging)
+ *	Returns 0 on success or error status
+ * @del_vqs: free virtqueues found by find_vqs().
  * @get_features: get the array of feature bits for this device.
  *	vdev: the virtio_device
  *	Returns the first 32 feature bits (all we currently need).
@@ -67,6 +78,7 @@
  *	This gives the final feature bits for the device: it can change
  *	the dev->feature bits if it wants.
  */
+typedef void vq_callback_t(struct virtqueue *);
 struct virtio_config_ops
 {
 	void (*get)(struct virtio_device *vdev, unsigned offset,
@@ -76,11 +88,11 @@
 	u8 (*get_status)(struct virtio_device *vdev);
 	void (*set_status)(struct virtio_device *vdev, u8 status);
 	void (*reset)(struct virtio_device *vdev);
-	struct virtqueue *(*find_vq)(struct virtio_device *vdev,
-				     unsigned index,
-				     void (*callback)(struct virtqueue *),
-				     const char *name);
-	void (*del_vq)(struct virtqueue *vq);
+	int (*find_vqs)(struct virtio_device *, unsigned nvqs,
+			struct virtqueue *vqs[],
+			vq_callback_t *callbacks[],
+			const char *names[]);
+	void (*del_vqs)(struct virtio_device *);
 	u32 (*get_features)(struct virtio_device *vdev);
 	void (*finalize_features)(struct virtio_device *vdev);
 };
@@ -128,5 +140,18 @@
 	vdev->config->get(vdev, offset, buf, len);
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static inline
+struct virtqueue *virtio_find_single_vq(struct virtio_device *vdev,
+					vq_callback_t *c, const char *n)
+{
+	vq_callback_t *callbacks[] = { c };
+	const char *names[] = { n };
+	struct virtqueue *vq;
+	int err = vdev->config->find_vqs(vdev, 1, &vq, callbacks, names);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	return vq;
+}
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _LINUX_VIRTIO_CONFIG_H */
diff --git a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
index ab8791f..a49484e 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
 	chan->vdev = vdev;
 
 	/* We expect one virtqueue, for requests. */
-	chan->vq = vdev->config->find_vq(vdev, 0, req_done, "requests");
+	chan->vq = virtio_find_single_vq(vdev, req_done, "requests");
 	if (IS_ERR(chan->vq)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(chan->vq);
 		goto out_free_vq;
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
 	return 0;
 
 out_free_vq:
-	vdev->config->del_vq(chan->vq);
+	vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
 fail:
 	mutex_lock(&virtio_9p_lock);
 	chan_index--;
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
 	BUG_ON(chan->inuse);
 
 	if (chan->initialized) {
-		vdev->config->del_vq(chan->vq);
+		vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
 		chan->initialized = false;
 	}
 }