diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.h b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.h
index 7306128e63e9..a50a58014c9f 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.h
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/virtio_pci_modern.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 
 struct virtio_pci_vq_info {
 	/* the actual virtqueue */
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ struct virtio_pci_vq_info {
 struct virtio_pci_admin_vq {
 	/* Virtqueue info associated with this admin queue. */
 	struct virtio_pci_vq_info info;
+	/* serializing admin commands execution and virtqueue deletion */
+	struct mutex cmd_lock;
 	/* Name of the admin queue: avq.$vq_index. */
 	char name[10];
 	u16 vq_index;
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_modern.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_modern.c
index ce915018b5b0..18366a82408c 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_modern.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_modern.c
@@ -38,6 +38,132 @@ static bool vp_is_avq(struct virtio_device *vdev, unsigned int index)
 	return index == vp_dev->admin_vq.vq_index;
 }
 
+static int virtqueue_exec_admin_cmd(struct virtio_pci_admin_vq *admin_vq,
+				    struct scatterlist **sgs,
+				    unsigned int out_num,
+				    unsigned int in_num,
+				    void *data)
+{
+	struct virtqueue *vq;
+	int ret, len;
+
+	vq = admin_vq->info.vq;
+	if (!vq)
+		return -EIO;
+
+	ret = virtqueue_add_sgs(vq, sgs, out_num, in_num, data, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return -EIO;
+
+	if (unlikely(!virtqueue_kick(vq)))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	while (!virtqueue_get_buf(vq, &len) &&
+	       !virtqueue_is_broken(vq))
+		cpu_relax();
+
+	if (virtqueue_is_broken(vq))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int vp_modern_admin_cmd_exec(struct virtio_device *vdev,
+				    struct virtio_admin_cmd *cmd)
+{
+	struct scatterlist *sgs[VIRTIO_AVQ_SGS_MAX], hdr, stat;
+	struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev = to_vp_device(vdev);
+	struct virtio_admin_cmd_status *va_status;
+	unsigned int out_num = 0, in_num = 0;
+	struct virtio_admin_cmd_hdr *va_hdr;
+	u16 status;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_F_ADMIN_VQ))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	va_status = kzalloc(sizeof(*va_status), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!va_status)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	va_hdr = kzalloc(sizeof(*va_hdr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!va_hdr) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_alloc;
+	}
+
+	va_hdr->opcode = cmd->opcode;
+	va_hdr->group_type = cmd->group_type;
+	va_hdr->group_member_id = cmd->group_member_id;
+
+	/* Add header */
+	sg_init_one(&hdr, va_hdr, sizeof(*va_hdr));
+	sgs[out_num] = &hdr;
+	out_num++;
+
+	if (cmd->data_sg) {
+		sgs[out_num] = cmd->data_sg;
+		out_num++;
+	}
+
+	/* Add return status */
+	sg_init_one(&stat, va_status, sizeof(*va_status));
+	sgs[out_num + in_num] = &stat;
+	in_num++;
+
+	if (cmd->result_sg) {
+		sgs[out_num + in_num] = cmd->result_sg;
+		in_num++;
+	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&vp_dev->admin_vq.cmd_lock);
+	ret = virtqueue_exec_admin_cmd(&vp_dev->admin_vq, sgs,
+				       out_num, in_num, sgs);
+	mutex_unlock(&vp_dev->admin_vq.cmd_lock);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(&vdev->dev,
+			"Failed to execute command on admin vq: %d\n.", ret);
+		goto err_cmd_exec;
+	}
+
+	status = le16_to_cpu(va_status->status);
+	if (status != VIRTIO_ADMIN_STATUS_OK) {
+		dev_err(&vdev->dev,
+			"admin command error: status(%#x) qualifier(%#x)\n",
+			status, le16_to_cpu(va_status->status_qualifier));
+		ret = -status;
+	}
+
+err_cmd_exec:
+	kfree(va_hdr);
+err_alloc:
+	kfree(va_status);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void vp_modern_avq_activate(struct virtio_device *vdev)
+{
+	struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev = to_vp_device(vdev);
+	struct virtio_pci_admin_vq *admin_vq = &vp_dev->admin_vq;
+
+	if (!virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_F_ADMIN_VQ))
+		return;
+
+	__virtqueue_unbreak(admin_vq->info.vq);
+}
+
+static void vp_modern_avq_deactivate(struct virtio_device *vdev)
+{
+	struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev = to_vp_device(vdev);
+	struct virtio_pci_admin_vq *admin_vq = &vp_dev->admin_vq;
+
+	if (!virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_F_ADMIN_VQ))
+		return;
+
+	__virtqueue_break(admin_vq->info.vq);
+}
+
 static void vp_transport_features(struct virtio_device *vdev, u64 features)
 {
 	struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev = to_vp_device(vdev);
@@ -213,6 +339,8 @@ static void vp_set_status(struct virtio_device *vdev, u8 status)
 	/* We should never be setting status to 0. */
 	BUG_ON(status == 0);
 	vp_modern_set_status(&vp_dev->mdev, status);
+	if (status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK)
+		vp_modern_avq_activate(vdev);
 }
 
 static void vp_reset(struct virtio_device *vdev)
@@ -229,6 +357,9 @@ static void vp_reset(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	 */
 	while (vp_modern_get_status(mdev))
 		msleep(1);
+
+	vp_modern_avq_deactivate(vdev);
+
 	/* Flush pending VQ/configuration callbacks. */
 	vp_synchronize_vectors(vdev);
 }
@@ -404,8 +535,11 @@ static struct virtqueue *setup_vq(struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev,
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	if (is_avq)
+	if (is_avq) {
+		mutex_lock(&vp_dev->admin_vq.cmd_lock);
 		vp_dev->admin_vq.info.vq = vq;
+		mutex_unlock(&vp_dev->admin_vq.cmd_lock);
+	}
 
 	return vq;
 
@@ -442,8 +576,11 @@ static void del_vq(struct virtio_pci_vq_info *info)
 	struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev = to_vp_device(vq->vdev);
 	struct virtio_pci_modern_device *mdev = &vp_dev->mdev;
 
-	if (vp_is_avq(&vp_dev->vdev, vq->index))
+	if (vp_is_avq(&vp_dev->vdev, vq->index)) {
+		mutex_lock(&vp_dev->admin_vq.cmd_lock);
 		vp_dev->admin_vq.info.vq = NULL;
+		mutex_unlock(&vp_dev->admin_vq.cmd_lock);
+	}
 
 	if (vp_dev->msix_enabled)
 		vp_modern_queue_vector(mdev, vq->index,
@@ -662,6 +799,7 @@ int virtio_pci_modern_probe(struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev)
 	vp_dev->isr = mdev->isr;
 	vp_dev->vdev.id = mdev->id;
 
+	mutex_init(&vp_dev->admin_vq.cmd_lock);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -669,5 +807,6 @@ void virtio_pci_modern_remove(struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev)
 {
 	struct virtio_pci_modern_device *mdev = &vp_dev->mdev;
 
+	mutex_destroy(&vp_dev->admin_vq.cmd_lock);
 	vp_modern_remove(mdev);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio.h b/include/linux/virtio.h
index 4cc614a38376..b0201747a263 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio.h
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ int virtqueue_resize(struct virtqueue *vq, u32 num,
 int virtqueue_reset(struct virtqueue *vq,
 		    void (*recycle)(struct virtqueue *vq, void *buf));
 
+struct virtio_admin_cmd {
+	__le16 opcode;
+	__le16 group_type;
+	__le64 group_member_id;
+	struct scatterlist *data_sg;
+	struct scatterlist *result_sg;
+};
+
 /**
  * struct virtio_device - representation of a device using virtio
  * @index: unique position on the virtio bus
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_pci.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_pci.h
index d50f080cf621..5ef12a877d6a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_pci.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_pci.h
@@ -209,4 +209,26 @@ struct virtio_pci_cfg_cap {
 
 #endif /* VIRTIO_PCI_NO_MODERN */
 
+/* Admin command status. */
+#define VIRTIO_ADMIN_STATUS_OK		0
+
+struct __packed virtio_admin_cmd_hdr {
+	__le16 opcode;
+	/*
+	 * 1 - SR-IOV
+	 * 2-65535 - reserved
+	 */
+	__le16 group_type;
+	/* Unused, reserved for future extensions. */
+	__u8 reserved1[12];
+	__le64 group_member_id;
+};
+
+struct __packed virtio_admin_cmd_status {
+	__le16 status;
+	__le16 status_qualifier;
+	/* Unused, reserved for future extensions. */
+	__u8 reserved2[4];
+};
+
 #endif
