diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/init.c b/arch/ia64/mm/init.c
index b755ea92aea7f23d269f4053974dbc8cba2b380e..20bc967c7209bd6f0009463464015bf6888a8873 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/init.c
@@ -688,6 +688,24 @@ int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
+int arch_remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size)
+{
+	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	struct zone *zone;
+	int ret;
+
+	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn));
+	ret = __remove_pages(zone, start_pfn, nr_pages);
+	if (ret)
+		pr_warn("%s: Problem encountered in __remove_pages() as"
+			" ret=%d\n", __func__,  ret);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index 0dba5066c22ac4f59578c3663c212f8a07ca3a78..09c64518b4d0b55d9eabc3df40fc197a7202949c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -133,6 +133,18 @@ int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
 
 	return __add_pages(nid, zone, start_pfn, nr_pages);
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
+int arch_remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size)
+{
+	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	struct zone *zone;
+
+	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn));
+	return __remove_pages(zone, start_pfn, nr_pages);
+}
+#endif
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/init.c b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
index ae672f41c464101a6d39727209441481d7775eff..49ce6bb2c6416431a3f168134f78ea4b1c71a0b4 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
@@ -228,4 +228,16 @@ int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
 		vmem_remove_mapping(start, size);
 	return rc;
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
+int arch_remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size)
+{
+	/*
+	 * There is no hardware or firmware interface which could trigger a
+	 * hot memory remove on s390. So there is nothing that needs to be
+	 * implemented.
+	 */
+	return -EBUSY;
+}
+#endif
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/init.c b/arch/sh/mm/init.c
index 82cc576fab1572e62d2b48e20f3a972618d06dae..105794037143ee8f2c4b15748c6febd19c543ad9 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/init.c
@@ -558,4 +558,21 @@ int memory_add_physaddr_to_nid(u64 addr)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(memory_add_physaddr_to_nid);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
+int arch_remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size)
+{
+	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	struct zone *zone;
+	int ret;
+
+	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn));
+	ret = __remove_pages(zone, start_pfn, nr_pages);
+	if (unlikely(ret))
+		pr_warn("%s: Failed, __remove_pages() == %d\n", __func__,
+			ret);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
diff --git a/arch/tile/mm/init.c b/arch/tile/mm/init.c
index ef29d6c5e10e9b76216b61e4cf7d2722c824d8e9..2749515a054784ad95b2329b2c4d25bbb5270b98 100644
--- a/arch/tile/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/tile/mm/init.c
@@ -935,6 +935,14 @@ int remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size)
 {
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
+int arch_remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size)
+{
+	/* TODO */
+	return -EBUSY;
+}
+#endif
 #endif
 
 struct kmem_cache *pgd_cache;
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
index b299724f6e34e9ace068a4c7f39d504a7cc5c7b4..2d19001151d5c4bd6435cd3a0b622579179b8280 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -862,6 +862,18 @@ int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
 
 	return __add_pages(nid, zone, start_pfn, nr_pages);
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
+int arch_remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size)
+{
+	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	struct zone *zone;
+
+	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn));
+	return __remove_pages(zone, start_pfn, nr_pages);
+}
+#endif
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 3eba7f429880cccd9ca75deef60a7d59f1526746..b6dd1c480b30255c5ae911a34e40308c65628b96 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -707,6 +707,21 @@ int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(arch_add_memory);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
+int __ref arch_remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size)
+{
+	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	struct zone *zone;
+	int ret;
+
+	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn));
+	ret = __remove_pages(zone, start_pfn, nr_pages);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(ret);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
 
 static struct kcore_list kcore_vsyscall;
diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
index 8dd0950a6a7a122b2aae6bfe016de4c5b6de4f4f..31a563bbd93600cf61c4ba409fcbe78ac55bb023 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ extern void __online_page_free(struct page *page);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
 extern bool is_pageblock_removable_nolock(struct page *page);
+extern int arch_remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size);
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE */
 
 /* reasonably generic interface to expand the physical pages in a zone  */
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index a776dbf3fa0093dbe39b9c15aea51501c5216a03..942b43f6d7361aca8f8dd793f25d6604ed35e4b0 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1513,6 +1513,8 @@ int __ref remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size)
 	/* remove memmap entry */
 	firmware_map_remove(start, start + size, "System RAM");
 
+	arch_remove_memory(start, size);
+
 	unlock_memory_hotplug();
 
 	return 0;