diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
index 8f60e899b33c..2ea574ff9714 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ struct zone;
 struct pglist_data;
 struct mem_section;
 struct memory_block;
+struct resource;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 
@@ -266,6 +267,7 @@ static inline void remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size) {}
 extern int walk_memory_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn,
 		void *arg, int (*func)(struct memory_block *, void *));
 extern int add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size);
+extern int add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *resource);
 extern int zone_for_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, int zone_default,
 		bool for_device);
 extern int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool for_device);
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index aa992e2df58a..0780d118d26e 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1232,23 +1232,21 @@ int zone_for_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, int zone_default,
 }
 
 /* we are OK calling __meminit stuff here - we have CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
-int __ref add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
+int __ref add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *res)
 {
+	u64 start, size;
 	pg_data_t *pgdat = NULL;
 	bool new_pgdat;
 	bool new_node;
-	struct resource *res;
 	int ret;
 
+	start = res->start;
+	size = resource_size(res);
+
 	ret = check_hotplug_memory_range(start, size);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	res = register_memory_resource(start, size);
-	ret = -EEXIST;
-	if (!res)
-		return ret;
-
 	{	/* Stupid hack to suppress address-never-null warning */
 		void *p = NODE_DATA(nid);
 		new_pgdat = !p;
@@ -1300,13 +1298,28 @@ int __ref add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
 	/* rollback pgdat allocation and others */
 	if (new_pgdat)
 		rollback_node_hotadd(nid, pgdat);
-	release_memory_resource(res);
 	memblock_remove(start, size);
 
 out:
 	mem_hotplug_done();
 	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_memory_resource);
+
+int __ref add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
+{
+	struct resource *res;
+	int ret;
+
+	res = register_memory_resource(start, size);
+	if (!res)
+		return -EEXIST;
+
+	ret = add_memory_resource(nid, res);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		release_memory_resource(res);
+	return ret;
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_memory);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE