diff --git a/src/dragonball/src/vm/mod.rs b/src/dragonball/src/vm/mod.rs
index 21935faa65..d573080ae8 100644
--- a/src/dragonball/src/vm/mod.rs
+++ b/src/dragonball/src/vm/mod.rs
@@ -492,6 +492,13 @@ impl Vm {
             .map_err(StopMicrovmError::DeviceManager)
     }
 
+    /// Remove upcall client when the VM is destoryed.
+    #[cfg(feature = "dbs-upcall")]
+    pub fn remove_upcall(&mut self) -> std::result::Result<(), StopMicrovmError> {
+        self.upcall_client = None;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Reset the console into canonical mode.
     pub fn reset_console(&self) -> std::result::Result<(), DeviceMgrError> {
         self.device_manager.reset_console()
diff --git a/src/dragonball/src/vmm.rs b/src/dragonball/src/vmm.rs
index 1cfbfac584..b15e66fef1 100644
--- a/src/dragonball/src/vmm.rs
+++ b/src/dragonball/src/vmm.rs
@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@ impl Vmm {
                     warn!("failed to remove devices: {:?}", e);
                 }
 
+                #[cfg(feature = "dbs-upcall")]
+                if let Err(e) = vm.remove_upcall() {
+                    warn!("failed to remove upcall: {:?}", e);
+                }
+
                 if let Err(e) = vm.reset_console() {
                     warn!("Cannot set canonical mode for the terminal. {:?}", e);
                 }
@@ -174,6 +179,8 @@ impl Vmm {
                         if let Err(e) = mgr.exit_all_vcpus() {
                             warn!("Failed to exit vcpu thread. {:?}", e);
                         }
+                        #[cfg(feature = "dbs-upcall")]
+                        mgr.set_upcall_channel(None);
                     }
                     Err(e) => warn!("Failed to get vcpu manager {:?}", e),
                 }
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/Cargo.lock b/src/runtime-rs/Cargo.lock
index dad7cc0010..ea373c6445 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/Cargo.lock
@@ -661,6 +661,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "mio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dbs-upcall"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b2fa8b67657cd71779eaceea1b5fa989b62a1be629a07be8498417772e5a8d35"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "dbs-utils",
+ "dbs-virtio-devices",
+ "log",
+ "thiserror",
+ "timerfd",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dbs-utils"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -753,6 +767,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dbs-device",
  "dbs-interrupt",
  "dbs-legacy-devices",
+ "dbs-upcall",
  "dbs-utils",
  "dbs-virtio-devices",
  "kvm-bindings",
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/Cargo.toml b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
index 7e49850a03..9c70f3914d 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ kata-types = { path = "../../../libs/kata-types" }
 logging = { path = "../../../libs/logging" }
 shim-interface = { path = "../../../libs/shim-interface" }
 
-dragonball = { path = "../../../dragonball", features = ["atomic-guest-memory", "virtio-vsock", "hotplug", "virtio-blk", "virtio-net", "virtio-fs"] }
+dragonball = { path = "../../../dragonball", features = ["atomic-guest-memory", "virtio-vsock", "hotplug", "virtio-blk", "virtio-net", "virtio-fs","dbs-upcall"] }
 
 [features]