diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 6d7b14c2798e..619fe584a44c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -450,8 +450,7 @@ memory_probe_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		   const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	u64 phys_addr;
-	int nid;
-	int i, ret;
+	int nid, ret;
 	unsigned long pages_per_block = PAGES_PER_SECTION * sections_per_block;
 
 	ret = kstrtoull(buf, 0, &phys_addr);
@@ -461,15 +460,12 @@ memory_probe_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	if (phys_addr & ((pages_per_block << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < sections_per_block; i++) {
-		nid = memory_add_physaddr_to_nid(phys_addr);
-		ret = add_memory(nid, phys_addr,
-				 PAGES_PER_SECTION << PAGE_SHIFT);
-		if (ret)
-			goto out;
+	nid = memory_add_physaddr_to_nid(phys_addr);
+	ret = add_memory(nid, phys_addr,
+			 MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE * sections_per_block);
 
-		phys_addr += MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE;
-	}
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
 
 	ret = count;
 out: