diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 339d5a62d5d5e219512e8c79992964be7c143f6d..65f166ec2e4c8f78b3eedce045b224837cefef56 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -561,20 +561,6 @@ int __remove_pages(struct zone *zone, unsigned long phys_start_pfn,
 	if (is_dev_zone(zone)) {
 		if (altmap)
 			map_offset = vmem_altmap_offset(altmap);
-	} else {
-		resource_size_t start, size;
-
-		start = phys_start_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
-		size = nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE;
-
-		ret = release_mem_region_adjustable(&iomem_resource, start,
-					size);
-		if (ret) {
-			resource_size_t endres = start + size - 1;
-
-			pr_warn("Unable to release resource <%pa-%pa> (%d)\n",
-					&start, &endres, ret);
-		}
 	}
 
 	clear_zone_contiguous(zone);
@@ -1818,6 +1804,26 @@ void try_offline_node(int nid)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_offline_node);
 
+static void __release_memory_resource(resource_size_t start,
+				      resource_size_t size)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * When removing memory in the same granularity as it was added,
+	 * this function never fails. It might only fail if resources
+	 * have to be adjusted or split. We'll ignore the error, as
+	 * removing of memory cannot fail.
+	 */
+	ret = release_mem_region_adjustable(&iomem_resource, start, size);
+	if (ret) {
+		resource_size_t endres = start + size - 1;
+
+		pr_warn("Unable to release resource <%pa-%pa> (%d)\n",
+			&start, &endres, ret);
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * remove_memory
  * @nid: the node ID
@@ -1852,6 +1858,7 @@ void __ref __remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
 	memblock_remove(start, size);
 
 	arch_remove_memory(nid, start, size, NULL);
+	__release_memory_resource(start, size);
 
 	try_offline_node(nid);