diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
index 4da6574e9a20..5b6c03f1058f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
@@ -282,6 +282,10 @@ struct machdep_calls {
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_RANDOM
 	int (*get_random_long)(unsigned long *v);
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
+	int (*remove_memory)(u64, u64);
+#endif
 };
 
 extern void e500_idle(void);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index 4b5cd5c2594d..2c8e90f5789e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -139,9 +139,14 @@ int arch_remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size)
 	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	struct zone *zone;
+	int ret;
 
 	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn));
-	return __remove_pages(zone, start_pfn, nr_pages);
+	ret = __remove_pages(zone, start_pfn, nr_pages);
+	if (!ret && (ppc_md.remove_memory))
+		ret = ppc_md.remove_memory(start, size);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 #endif
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
index 9590dbb756f2..573b488fc48b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/memory.h>
+#include <linux/memory_hotplug.h>
 
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
 #include <asm/machdep.h>
@@ -75,50 +76,13 @@ unsigned long memory_block_size_bytes(void)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
-static int pseries_remove_memblock(unsigned long base, unsigned int memblock_size)
+static int pseries_remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size)
 {
-	unsigned long start, start_pfn;
-	struct zone *zone;
 	int ret;
-	unsigned long section;
-	unsigned long sections_to_remove;
 
-	start_pfn = base >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-
-	if (!pfn_valid(start_pfn)) {
-		memblock_remove(base, memblock_size);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn));
-
-	/*
-	 * Remove section mappings and sysfs entries for the
-	 * section of the memory we are removing.
-	 *
-	 * NOTE: Ideally, this should be done in generic code like
-	 * remove_memory(). But remove_memory() gets called by writing
-	 * to sysfs "state" file and we can't remove sysfs entries
-	 * while writing to it. So we have to defer it to here.
-	 */
-	sections_to_remove = (memblock_size >> PAGE_SHIFT) / PAGES_PER_SECTION;
-	for (section = 0; section < sections_to_remove; section++) {
-		unsigned long pfn = start_pfn + section * PAGES_PER_SECTION;
-		ret = __remove_pages(zone, pfn, PAGES_PER_SECTION);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Update memory regions for memory remove
-	 */
-	memblock_remove(base, memblock_size);
-
-	/*
-	 * Remove htab bolted mappings for this section of memory
-	 */
-	start = (unsigned long)__va(base);
-	ret = remove_section_mapping(start, start + memblock_size);
+	/* Remove htab bolted mappings for this section of memory */
+	start = (unsigned long)__va(start);
+	ret = remove_section_mapping(start, start + size);
 
 	/* Ensure all vmalloc mappings are flushed in case they also
 	 * hit that section of memory
@@ -128,7 +92,34 @@ static int pseries_remove_memblock(unsigned long base, unsigned int memblock_siz
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int pseries_remove_memory(struct device_node *np)
+static int pseries_remove_memblock(unsigned long base, unsigned int memblock_size)
+{
+	unsigned long block_sz, start_pfn;
+	int sections_per_block;
+	int i, nid;
+
+	start_pfn = base >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+	if (!pfn_valid(start_pfn)) {
+		memblock_remove(base, memblock_size);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	block_sz = memory_block_size_bytes();
+	sections_per_block = block_sz / MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE;
+	nid = memory_add_physaddr_to_nid(base);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < sections_per_block; i++) {
+		remove_memory(nid, base, MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE);
+		base += MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE;
+	}
+
+	/* Update memory regions for memory remove */
+	memblock_remove(base, memblock_size);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int pseries_remove_mem_node(struct device_node *np)
 {
 	const char *type;
 	const unsigned int *regs;
@@ -153,8 +144,8 @@ static int pseries_remove_memory(struct device_node *np)
 	base = *(unsigned long *)regs;
 	lmb_size = regs[3];
 
-	ret = pseries_remove_memblock(base, lmb_size);
-	return ret;
+	pseries_remove_memblock(base, lmb_size);
+	return 0;
 }
 #else
 static inline int pseries_remove_memblock(unsigned long base,
@@ -162,13 +153,13 @@ static inline int pseries_remove_memblock(unsigned long base,
 {
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
-static inline int pseries_remove_memory(struct device_node *np)
+static inline int pseries_remove_mem_node(struct device_node *np)
 {
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE */
 
-static int pseries_add_memory(struct device_node *np)
+static int pseries_add_mem_node(struct device_node *np)
 {
 	const char *type;
 	const unsigned int *regs;
@@ -254,10 +245,10 @@ static int pseries_memory_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
 
 	switch (action) {
 	case OF_RECONFIG_ATTACH_NODE:
-		err = pseries_add_memory(node);
+		err = pseries_add_mem_node(node);
 		break;
 	case OF_RECONFIG_DETACH_NODE:
-		err = pseries_remove_memory(node);
+		err = pseries_remove_mem_node(node);
 		break;
 	case OF_RECONFIG_UPDATE_PROPERTY:
 		pr = (struct of_prop_reconfig *)node;
@@ -277,6 +268,10 @@ static int __init pseries_memory_hotplug_init(void)
 	if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR))
 		of_reconfig_notifier_register(&pseries_mem_nb);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
+	ppc_md.remove_memory = pseries_remove_memory;
+#endif
+
 	return 0;
 }
 machine_device_initcall(pseries, pseries_memory_hotplug_init);