diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index f307bd82d750..1b1ad398dff8 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1750,13 +1750,13 @@ static int __ref try_remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
 
 	/* remove memmap entry */
 	firmware_map_remove(start, start + size, "System RAM");
-	memblock_free(start, size);
-	memblock_remove(start, size);
 
 	/* remove memory block devices before removing memory */
 	remove_memory_block_devices(start, size);
 
 	arch_remove_memory(nid, start, size, NULL);
+	memblock_free(start, size);
+	memblock_remove(start, size);
 	__release_memory_resource(start, size);
 
 	try_offline_node(nid);