diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_dev.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_dev.c
index 1cf6aeb..cb30729 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_dev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_dev.c
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <linux/netlink.h>
 
@@ -14,15 +16,31 @@
 #include <rte_malloc.h>
 #include <rte_interrupts.h>
 #include <rte_alarm.h>
+#include <rte_bus.h>
+#include <rte_eal.h>
+#include <rte_spinlock.h>
+#include <rte_errno.h>
 
 #include "eal_private.h"
 
 static struct rte_intr_handle intr_handle = {.fd = -1 };
 static bool monitor_started;
 
+extern struct rte_bus_list rte_bus_list;
+
 #define EAL_UEV_MSG_LEN 4096
 #define EAL_UEV_MSG_ELEM_LEN 128
 
+/*
+ * spinlock for device failure process, protect the bus and the device
+ * to avoid race condition.
+ */
+static rte_spinlock_t dev_failure_lock = RTE_SPINLOCK_INITIALIZER;
+
+static struct sigaction sigbus_action_old;
+
+static int sigbus_need_recover;
+
 static void dev_uev_handler(__rte_unused void *param);
 
 /* identify the system layer which reports this event. */
@@ -33,6 +51,49 @@ enum eal_dev_event_subsystem {
 	EAL_DEV_EVENT_SUBSYSTEM_MAX
 };
 
+static void
+sigbus_action_recover(void)
+{
+	if (sigbus_need_recover) {
+		sigaction(SIGBUS, &sigbus_action_old, NULL);
+		sigbus_need_recover = 0;
+	}
+}
+
+static void sigbus_handler(int signum, siginfo_t *info,
+				void *ctx __rte_unused)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "Thread[%d] catch SIGBUS, fault address:%p\n",
+		(int)pthread_self(), info->si_addr);
+
+	rte_spinlock_lock(&dev_failure_lock);
+	ret = rte_bus_sigbus_handler(info->si_addr);
+	rte_spinlock_unlock(&dev_failure_lock);
+	if (ret == -1) {
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+			 "Failed to handle SIGBUS for hotplug, "
+			 "(rte_errno: %s)!", strerror(rte_errno));
+	} else if (ret == 1) {
+		if (sigbus_action_old.sa_handler)
+			(*(sigbus_action_old.sa_handler))(signum);
+		else
+			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+				 "Failed to handle generic SIGBUS!");
+	}
+
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "Success to handle SIGBUS for hotplug!\n");
+}
+
+static int cmp_dev_name(const struct rte_device *dev,
+	const void *_name)
+{
+	const char *name = _name;
+
+	return strcmp(dev->name, name);
+}
+
 static int
 dev_uev_socket_fd_create(void)
 {
@@ -147,6 +208,9 @@ dev_uev_handler(__rte_unused void *param)
 	struct rte_dev_event uevent;
 	int ret;
 	char buf[EAL_UEV_MSG_LEN];
+	struct rte_bus *bus;
+	struct rte_device *dev;
+	const char *busname = "";
 
 	memset(&uevent, 0, sizeof(struct rte_dev_event));
 	memset(buf, 0, EAL_UEV_MSG_LEN);
@@ -171,13 +235,50 @@ dev_uev_handler(__rte_unused void *param)
 	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "receive uevent(name:%s, type:%d, subsystem:%d)\n",
 		uevent.devname, uevent.type, uevent.subsystem);
 
-	if (uevent.devname)
+	switch (uevent.subsystem) {
+	case EAL_DEV_EVENT_SUBSYSTEM_PCI:
+	case EAL_DEV_EVENT_SUBSYSTEM_UIO:
+		busname = "pci";
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (uevent.devname) {
+		if (uevent.type == RTE_DEV_EVENT_REMOVE) {
+			rte_spinlock_lock(&dev_failure_lock);
+			bus = rte_bus_find_by_name(busname);
+			if (bus == NULL) {
+				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Cannot find bus (%s)\n",
+					busname);
+				return;
+			}
+
+			dev = bus->find_device(NULL, cmp_dev_name,
+					       uevent.devname);
+			if (dev == NULL) {
+				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Cannot find device (%s) on "
+					"bus (%s)\n", uevent.devname, busname);
+				return;
+			}
+
+			ret = bus->hotplug_failure_handler(dev);
+			rte_spinlock_unlock(&dev_failure_lock);
+			if (ret) {
+				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Can not handle hotplug for "
+					"device (%s)\n", dev->name);
+				return;
+			}
+		}
 		dev_callback_process(uevent.devname, uevent.type);
+	}
 }
 
 int __rte_experimental
 rte_dev_event_monitor_start(void)
 {
+	sigset_t mask;
+	struct sigaction action;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (monitor_started)
@@ -197,6 +298,14 @@ rte_dev_event_monitor_start(void)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	/* register sigbus handler */
+	sigemptyset(&mask);
+	sigaddset(&mask, SIGBUS);
+	action.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
+	action.sa_mask = mask;
+	action.sa_sigaction = sigbus_handler;
+	sigbus_need_recover = !sigaction(SIGBUS, &action, &sigbus_action_old);
+
 	monitor_started = true;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -217,8 +326,11 @@ rte_dev_event_monitor_stop(void)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	sigbus_action_recover();
+
 	close(intr_handle.fd);
 	intr_handle.fd = -1;
 	monitor_started = false;
+
 	return 0;
 }
