diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fadump.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fadump.h
index a3de219073af24b6646c80cf7cc6364e8b0d6818..ce88bbe1d809ea038db3c9dacbacea30fcad4f0e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fadump.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fadump.h
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ struct fad_crash_memory_ranges {
 	unsigned long long	size;
 };
 
+extern int is_fadump_boot_memory_area(u64 addr, ulong size);
 extern int early_init_dt_scan_fw_dump(unsigned long node,
 		const char *uname, int depth, void *data);
 extern int fadump_reserve_mem(void);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
index 08e00448a355cfae3767a773ad574545b1c2c887..750bff3b4af3f2e57621ae03b5f8461016fe4f47 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
@@ -113,6 +113,18 @@ int __init early_init_dt_scan_fw_dump(unsigned long node,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * If fadump is registered, check if the memory provided
+ * falls within boot memory area.
+ */
+int is_fadump_boot_memory_area(u64 addr, ulong size)
+{
+	if (!fw_dump.dump_registered)
+		return 0;
+
+	return (addr + size) > RMA_START && addr <= fw_dump.boot_memory_size;
+}
+
 int is_fadump_active(void)
 {
 	return fw_dump.dump_active;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
index e104c71ea44ab5bf715fa5720c0a1ed47c6221c7..a186b8e8019a76aadd4dc2f701d0a848b2404a3b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <asm/machdep.h>
 #include <asm/prom.h>
 #include <asm/sparsemem.h>
+#include <asm/fadump.h>
 #include "pseries.h"
 
 static bool rtas_hp_event;
@@ -406,6 +407,12 @@ static bool lmb_is_removable(struct of_drconf_cell *lmb)
 	scns_per_block = block_sz / MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE;
 	phys_addr = lmb->base_addr;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FA_DUMP
+	/* Don't hot-remove memory that falls in fadump boot memory area */
+	if (is_fadump_boot_memory_area(phys_addr, block_sz))
+		return false;
+#endif
+
 	for (i = 0; i < scns_per_block; i++) {
 		pfn = PFN_DOWN(phys_addr);
 		if (!pfn_present(pfn))