diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/memtrace.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/memtrace.c
index d6d64f8718e6..13b369d2cc45 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/memtrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/memtrace.c
@@ -231,16 +231,10 @@ static int memtrace_online(void)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		/*
-		 * If kernel isn't compiled with the auto online option
-		 * we need to online the memory ourselves.
-		 */
-		if (!memhp_auto_online) {
-			lock_device_hotplug();
-			walk_memory_blocks(ent->start, ent->size, NULL,
-					   online_mem_block);
-			unlock_device_hotplug();
-		}
+		lock_device_hotplug();
+		walk_memory_blocks(ent->start, ent->size, NULL,
+				   online_mem_block);
+		unlock_device_hotplug();
 
 		/*
 		 * Memory was added successfully so clean up references to it