diff --git a/kernel/memremap.c b/kernel/memremap.c
index 06123234f118..07e85e5229da 100644
--- a/kernel/memremap.c
+++ b/kernel/memremap.c
@@ -247,11 +247,9 @@ static void devm_memremap_pages_release(struct device *dev, void *data)
 	align_start = res->start & ~(SECTION_SIZE - 1);
 	align_size = ALIGN(resource_size(res), SECTION_SIZE);
 
-	lock_device_hotplug();
 	mem_hotplug_begin();
 	arch_remove_memory(align_start, align_size);
 	mem_hotplug_done();
-	unlock_device_hotplug();
 
 	untrack_pfn(NULL, PHYS_PFN(align_start), align_size);
 	pgmap_radix_release(res);
@@ -364,11 +362,9 @@ void *devm_memremap_pages(struct device *dev, struct resource *res,
 	if (error)
 		goto err_pfn_remap;
 
-	lock_device_hotplug();
 	mem_hotplug_begin();
 	error = arch_add_memory(nid, align_start, align_size, true);
 	mem_hotplug_done();
-	unlock_device_hotplug();
 	if (error)
 		goto err_add_memory;
 
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 295479b792ec..6fa7208bcd56 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -125,9 +125,12 @@ void put_online_mems(void)
 
 }
 
+/* Serializes write accesses to mem_hotplug.active_writer. */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(memory_add_remove_lock);
+
 void mem_hotplug_begin(void)
 {
-	assert_held_device_hotplug();
+	mutex_lock(&memory_add_remove_lock);
 
 	mem_hotplug.active_writer = current;
 
@@ -147,6 +150,7 @@ void mem_hotplug_done(void)
 	mem_hotplug.active_writer = NULL;
 	mutex_unlock(&mem_hotplug.lock);
 	memhp_lock_release();
+	mutex_unlock(&memory_add_remove_lock);
 }
 
 /* add this memory to iomem resource */