diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/init.c b/arch/ia64/mm/init.c
index a096b30734f3dc3db88857fd5889512718ad6c6e..947ec0c73234bcb2dc034ee0df293f38634ce2cb 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/init.c
@@ -721,7 +721,17 @@ int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
 
 int remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size)
 {
-	return -EINVAL;
+	unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn;
+	unsigned long timeout = 120 * HZ;
+	int ret;
+	start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	end_pfn = start_pfn + (size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+	ret = offline_pages(start_pfn, end_pfn, timeout);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+	/* we can free mem_map at this point */
+out:
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(remove_memory);
 #endif