diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
index 5c38e49ddd42bcea8cf68b7784019125331296c5..fd22442d30a9732eae0489c4e062cfe41628884c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct machdep_calls {
 				       int psize, int apsize,
 				       int ssize);
 	long		(*hpte_remove)(unsigned long hpte_group);
-	void            (*hpte_removebolted)(unsigned long ea,
+	int             (*hpte_removebolted)(unsigned long ea,
 					     int psize, int ssize);
 	void		(*flush_hash_range)(unsigned long number, int local);
 	void		(*hugepage_invalidate)(unsigned long vsid,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
index 70490c41e14e28f7441a3426c17f3b9237769dcd..44f145a66578fdeec8cf80505695a2e74f7362b2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ int htab_remove_mapping(unsigned long vstart, unsigned long vend,
 {
 	unsigned long vaddr;
 	unsigned int step, shift;
+	int rc;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	shift = mmu_psize_defs[psize].shift;
 	step = 1 << shift;
@@ -276,10 +278,17 @@ int htab_remove_mapping(unsigned long vstart, unsigned long vend,
 	if (!ppc_md.hpte_removebolted)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	for (vaddr = vstart; vaddr < vend; vaddr += step)
-		ppc_md.hpte_removebolted(vaddr, psize, ssize);
+	for (vaddr = vstart; vaddr < vend; vaddr += step) {
+		rc = ppc_md.hpte_removebolted(vaddr, psize, ssize);
+		if (rc == -ENOENT) {
+			ret = -ENOENT;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (rc < 0)
+			return rc;
+	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
index 379a6a90644be155483e76ddd45a2bcdfdb28c2a..baa1a23488d3c5e6066618e37c97635a1f3248f9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -232,10 +232,11 @@ static void __meminit vmemmap_create_mapping(unsigned long start,
 static void vmemmap_remove_mapping(unsigned long start,
 				   unsigned long page_size)
 {
-	int mapped = htab_remove_mapping(start, start + page_size,
-					 mmu_vmemmap_psize,
-					 mmu_kernel_ssize);
-	BUG_ON(mapped < 0);
+	int rc = htab_remove_mapping(start, start + page_size,
+				     mmu_vmemmap_psize,
+				     mmu_kernel_ssize);
+	BUG_ON((rc < 0) && (rc != -ENOENT));
+	WARN_ON(rc == -ENOENT);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
index 477290ad855e50a5f0c5da5065ba4b174b77fcfa..2415a0d31f8fd82117af5e7ab80582229a40c555 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
@@ -505,8 +505,8 @@ static void pSeries_lpar_hugepage_invalidate(unsigned long vsid,
 }
 #endif
 
-static void pSeries_lpar_hpte_removebolted(unsigned long ea,
-					   int psize, int ssize)
+static int pSeries_lpar_hpte_removebolted(unsigned long ea,
+					  int psize, int ssize)
 {
 	unsigned long vpn;
 	unsigned long slot, vsid;
@@ -515,11 +515,14 @@ static void pSeries_lpar_hpte_removebolted(unsigned long ea,
 	vpn = hpt_vpn(ea, vsid, ssize);
 
 	slot = pSeries_lpar_hpte_find(vpn, psize, ssize);
-	BUG_ON(slot == -1);
+	if (slot == -1)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
 	/*
 	 * lpar doesn't use the passed actual page size
 	 */
 	pSeries_lpar_hpte_invalidate(slot, vpn, psize, 0, ssize, 0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*