diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/init.c b/arch/ia64/mm/init.c
index 80db57d063d0..a4e8d6bd9cfa 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/init.c
@@ -646,13 +646,13 @@ mem_init (void)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
-int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool for_device)
+int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool want_memblock)
 {
 	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = __add_pages(nid, start_pfn, nr_pages, !for_device);
+	ret = __add_pages(nid, start_pfn, nr_pages, want_memblock);
 	if (ret)
 		printk("%s: Problem encountered in __add_pages() as ret=%d\n",
 		       __func__,  ret);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index 72c46eb53215..de5a90e1ceaa 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int __weak remove_section_mapping(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
-int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool for_device)
+int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool want_memblock)
 {
 	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool for_device)
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
-	return __add_pages(nid, start_pfn, nr_pages, !for_device);
+	return __add_pages(nid, start_pfn, nr_pages, want_memblock);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/init.c b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
index bfa918e3592b..8111694ce55a 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ unsigned long memory_block_size_bytes(void)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
-int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool for_device)
+int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool want_memblock)
 {
 	unsigned long start_pfn = PFN_DOWN(start);
 	unsigned long size_pages = PFN_DOWN(size);
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool for_device)
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
-	rc = __add_pages(nid, start_pfn, size_pages, !for_device);
+	rc = __add_pages(nid, start_pfn, size_pages, want_memblock);
 	if (rc)
 		vmem_remove_mapping(start, size);
 	return rc;
diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/init.c b/arch/sh/mm/init.c
index 3813a610a2bb..bf726af5f1a5 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/init.c
@@ -485,14 +485,14 @@ void free_initrd_mem(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
-int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool for_device)
+int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool want_memblock)
 {
 	unsigned long start_pfn = PFN_DOWN(start);
 	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* We only have ZONE_NORMAL, so this is easy.. */
-	ret = __add_pages(nid, start_pfn, nr_pages, !for_device);
+	ret = __add_pages(nid, start_pfn, nr_pages, want_memblock);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		printk("%s: Failed, __add_pages() == %d\n", __func__, ret);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
index a424066d0552..8a64a6f2848d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -823,12 +823,12 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
-int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool for_device)
+int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool want_memblock)
 {
 	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-	return __add_pages(nid, start_pfn, nr_pages, !for_device);
+	return __add_pages(nid, start_pfn, nr_pages, want_memblock);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 06afa84ac0a0..136422d7d539 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ static void  update_end_of_memory_vars(u64 start, u64 size)
 	}
 }
 
-int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool for_device)
+int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool want_memblock)
 {
 	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool for_device)
 
 	init_memory_mapping(start, start + size);
 
-	ret = __add_pages(nid, start_pfn, nr_pages, !for_device);
+	ret = __add_pages(nid, start_pfn, nr_pages, want_memblock);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(ret);
 
 	/* update max_pfn, max_low_pfn and high_memory */
diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
index 4d65a2fcac15..780c806e17d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ extern int add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size);
 extern int add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *resource, bool online);
 extern int zone_for_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, int zone_default,
 		bool for_device);
-extern int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool for_device);
+extern int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool want_memblock);
 extern void move_pfn_range_to_zone(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn,
 		unsigned long nr_pages);
 extern int offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages);
diff --git a/kernel/memremap.c b/kernel/memremap.c
index 281eb478856a..124bed776532 100644
--- a/kernel/memremap.c
+++ b/kernel/memremap.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ void *devm_memremap_pages(struct device *dev, struct resource *res,
 		goto err_pfn_remap;
 
 	mem_hotplug_begin();
-	error = arch_add_memory(nid, align_start, align_size, true);
+	error = arch_add_memory(nid, align_start, align_size, false);
 	if (!error)
 		move_pfn_range_to_zone(&NODE_DATA(nid)->node_zones[ZONE_DEVICE],
 					align_start >> PAGE_SHIFT,
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 4263fa6f2ab4..9b04cf5ea813 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ int __ref add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *res, bool online)
 	}
 
 	/* call arch's memory hotadd */
-	ret = arch_add_memory(nid, start, size, false);
+	ret = arch_add_memory(nid, start, size, true);
 
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto error;