diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/drmem.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/drmem.h
index 28c3d936fdf32a29193281d1f6e97296bc8b536f..414d209f45bbe9b07dff10db5855f2f5d53c5026 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/drmem.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/drmem.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ struct of_drconf_cell_v2 {
 #define DRCONF_MEM_ASSIGNED	0x00000008
 #define DRCONF_MEM_AI_INVALID	0x00000040
 #define DRCONF_MEM_RESERVED	0x00000080
+#define DRCONF_MEM_HOTREMOVABLE	0x00000100
 
 static inline u32 drmem_lmb_size(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index 1dcf0e214a223b2ac4919cc25fe47108c0cfdfa9..9a651366d3851089759b9b4684b99bc7e57e5cda 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -515,9 +515,14 @@ static void __init early_init_drmem_lmb(struct drmem_lmb *lmb,
 				size = 0x80000000ul - base;
 		}
 
+		if (!validate_mem_limit(base, &size))
+			continue;
+
 		DBG("Adding: %llx -> %llx\n", base, size);
-		if (validate_mem_limit(base, &size))
-			memblock_add(base, size);
+		memblock_add(base, size);
+
+		if (lmb->flags & DRCONF_MEM_HOTREMOVABLE)
+			memblock_mark_hotplug(base, size);
 	} while (--rngs);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES */