diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_9p.h b/include/linux/virtio_9p.h
index 7a615c3..3322750 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_9p.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_9p.h
@@ -5,7 +5,4 @@
 #include <linux/virtio_ids.h>
 #include <linux/virtio_config.h>
 
-/* Maximum number of virtio channels per partition (1 for now) */
-#define MAX_9P_CHAN	10
-
 #endif /* _LINUX_VIRTIO_9P_H */
diff --git a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
index df924e5..05918d3 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@
 
 /* a single mutex to manage channel initialization and attachment */
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(virtio_9p_lock);
-/* global which tracks highest initialized channel */
-static int chan_index;
 
 /**
  * struct virtio_chan - per-instance transport information
@@ -68,8 +66,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-static struct virtio_chan {
-	bool initialized;
+struct virtio_chan {
 	bool inuse;
 
 	spinlock_t lock;
@@ -80,7 +77,11 @@
 
 	/* Scatterlist: can be too big for stack. */
 	struct scatterlist sg[VIRTQUEUE_NUM];
-} channels[MAX_9P_CHAN];
+
+	struct list_head chan_list;
+};
+
+static struct list_head virtio_chan_list;
 
 /* How many bytes left in this page. */
 static unsigned int rest_of_page(void *data)
@@ -217,9 +218,7 @@
  * p9_virtio_probe - probe for existence of 9P virtio channels
  * @vdev: virtio device to probe
  *
- * This probes for existing virtio channels.  At present only
- * a single channel is in use, so in the future more work may need
- * to be done here.
+ * This probes for existing virtio channels.
  *
  */
 
@@ -227,16 +226,10 @@
 {
 	int err;
 	struct virtio_chan *chan;
-	int index;
 
-	mutex_lock(&virtio_9p_lock);
-	index = chan_index++;
-	chan = &channels[index];
-	mutex_unlock(&virtio_9p_lock);
-
-	if (chan_index > MAX_9P_CHAN) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "9p: virtio: Maximum channels exceeded\n");
-		BUG();
+	chan = kmalloc(sizeof(struct virtio_chan), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!chan) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "9p: Failed to allocate virtio 9P channel\n");
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail;
 	}
@@ -255,15 +248,15 @@
 	sg_init_table(chan->sg, VIRTQUEUE_NUM);
 
 	chan->inuse = false;
-	chan->initialized = true;
+	mutex_lock(&virtio_9p_lock);
+	list_add_tail(&chan->chan_list, &virtio_chan_list);
+	mutex_unlock(&virtio_9p_lock);
 	return 0;
 
 out_free_vq:
 	vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
+	kfree(chan);
 fail:
-	mutex_lock(&virtio_9p_lock);
-	chan_index--;
-	mutex_unlock(&virtio_9p_lock);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -280,35 +273,27 @@
  * We use a simple reference count mechanism to ensure that only a single
  * mount has a channel open at a time.
  *
- * Bugs: doesn't allow identification of a specific channel
- * to allocate, channels are allocated sequentially. This was
- * a pragmatic decision to get things rolling, but ideally some
- * way of identifying the channel to attach to would be nice
- * if we are going to support multiple channels.
- *
  */
 
 static int
 p9_virtio_create(struct p9_client *client, const char *devname, char *args)
 {
-	struct virtio_chan *chan = channels;
-	int index = 0;
+	struct virtio_chan *chan;
+	int found = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&virtio_9p_lock);
-	while (index < MAX_9P_CHAN) {
-		if (chan->initialized &&
-			!strcmp(devname, dev_name(&chan->vdev->dev))) {
+	list_for_each_entry(chan, &virtio_chan_list, chan_list) {
+		if (!strcmp(devname, dev_name(&chan->vdev->dev))) {
 			if (!chan->inuse) {
 				chan->inuse = true;
+				found = 1;
 				break;
 			}
 		}
-		index++;
-		chan = &channels[index];
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&virtio_9p_lock);
 
-	if (index >= MAX_9P_CHAN) {
+	if (!found) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "9p: no channels available\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
@@ -331,11 +316,13 @@
 	struct virtio_chan *chan = vdev->priv;
 
 	BUG_ON(chan->inuse);
+	vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
 
-	if (chan->initialized) {
-		vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
-		chan->initialized = false;
-	}
+	mutex_lock(&virtio_9p_lock);
+	list_del(&chan->chan_list);
+	mutex_unlock(&virtio_9p_lock);
+	kfree(chan);
+
 }
 
 static struct virtio_device_id id_table[] = {
@@ -366,10 +353,7 @@
 /* The standard init function */
 static int __init p9_virtio_init(void)
 {
-	int count;
-
-	for (count = 0; count < MAX_9P_CHAN; count++)
-		channels[count].initialized = false;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&virtio_chan_list);
 
 	v9fs_register_trans(&p9_virtio_trans);
 	return register_virtio_driver(&p9_virtio_drv);