diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index a83de2f72b3061ee541c3b74fc6ddc6cfb8e202d..c7be019069988e4cb0b11f3c77068212f3478970 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -771,6 +771,27 @@ int __meminit sparse_add_one_section(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
+static void clear_hwpoisoned_pages(struct page *memmap, int nr_pages)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (!memmap)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < PAGES_PER_SECTION; i++) {
+		if (PageHWPoison(&memmap[i])) {
+			atomic_long_sub(1, &mce_bad_pages);
+			ClearPageHWPoison(&memmap[i]);
+		}
+	}
+}
+#else
+static inline void clear_hwpoisoned_pages(struct page *memmap, int nr_pages)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
 void sparse_remove_one_section(struct zone *zone, struct mem_section *ms)
 {
 	struct page *memmap = NULL;
@@ -784,6 +805,7 @@ void sparse_remove_one_section(struct zone *zone, struct mem_section *ms)
 		ms->pageblock_flags = NULL;
 	}
 
+	clear_hwpoisoned_pages(memmap, PAGES_PER_SECTION);
 	free_section_usemap(memmap, usemap);
 }
 #endif