diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 2de62385e3367a7de24aecfa4a3fb159f7e726ad..6cb0396c87daa3ebfeeb147d8e4611355a8362f6 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1058,6 +1058,11 @@ int __ref add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *res, bool online)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	if (!node_possible(nid)) {
+		WARN(1, "node %d was absent from the node_possible_map\n", nid);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	mem_hotplug_begin();
 
 	/*