diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
index a02ce43d778da22dd5e6cee60ce38dfd4fedc38b..32e3bc0aa665a1ba6e0c45377d94d3ad9f7e2f30 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
@@ -533,7 +533,6 @@ struct hv_dynmem_device {
 	 * State to synchronize hot-add.
 	 */
 	struct completion  ol_waitevent;
-	bool ha_waiting;
 	/*
 	 * This thread handles hot-add
 	 * requests from the host as well as notifying
@@ -634,10 +633,7 @@ static int hv_memory_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
 	switch (val) {
 	case MEM_ONLINE:
 	case MEM_CANCEL_ONLINE:
-		if (dm_device.ha_waiting) {
-			dm_device.ha_waiting = false;
-			complete(&dm_device.ol_waitevent);
-		}
+		complete(&dm_device.ol_waitevent);
 		break;
 
 	case MEM_OFFLINE:
@@ -726,8 +722,7 @@ static void hv_mem_hot_add(unsigned long start, unsigned long size,
 		has->covered_end_pfn +=  processed_pfn;
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dm_device.ha_lock, flags);
 
-		init_completion(&dm_device.ol_waitevent);
-		dm_device.ha_waiting = !memhp_auto_online;
+		reinit_completion(&dm_device.ol_waitevent);
 
 		nid = memory_add_physaddr_to_nid(PFN_PHYS(start_pfn));
 		ret = add_memory(nid, PFN_PHYS((start_pfn)),
@@ -753,15 +748,14 @@ static void hv_mem_hot_add(unsigned long start, unsigned long size,
 		}
 
 		/*
-		 * Wait for the memory block to be onlined when memory onlining
-		 * is done outside of kernel (memhp_auto_online). Since the hot
-		 * add has succeeded, it is ok to proceed even if the pages in
-		 * the hot added region have not been "onlined" within the
-		 * allowed time.
+		 * Wait for memory to get onlined. If the kernel onlined the
+		 * memory when adding it, this will return directly. Otherwise,
+		 * it will wait for user space to online the memory. This helps
+		 * to avoid adding memory faster than it is getting onlined. As
+		 * adding succeeded, it is ok to proceed even if the memory was
+		 * not onlined in time.
 		 */
-		if (dm_device.ha_waiting)
-			wait_for_completion_timeout(&dm_device.ol_waitevent,
-						    5*HZ);
+		wait_for_completion_timeout(&dm_device.ol_waitevent, 5 * HZ);
 		post_status(&dm_device);
 	}
 }
@@ -1706,6 +1700,7 @@ static int balloon_probe(struct hv_device *dev,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 	set_online_page_callback(&hv_online_page);
+	init_completion(&dm_device.ol_waitevent);
 	register_memory_notifier(&hv_memory_nb);
 #endif