diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 619fe584a44c..213456c2b123 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -647,6 +647,13 @@ static int add_memory_block(int base_section_nr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static bool is_zone_device_section(struct mem_section *ms)
+{
+	struct page *page;
+
+	page = sparse_decode_mem_map(ms->section_mem_map, __section_nr(ms));
+	return is_zone_device_page(page);
+}
 
 /*
  * need an interface for the VM to add new memory regions,
@@ -657,6 +664,9 @@ int register_new_memory(int nid, struct mem_section *section)
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct memory_block *mem;
 
+	if (is_zone_device_section(section))
+		return 0;
+
 	mutex_lock(&mem_sysfs_mutex);
 
 	mem = find_memory_block(section);
@@ -693,6 +703,9 @@ static int remove_memory_section(unsigned long node_id,
 {
 	struct memory_block *mem;
 
+	if (is_zone_device_section(section))
+		return 0;
+
 	mutex_lock(&mem_sysfs_mutex);
 	mem = find_memory_block(section);
 	unregister_mem_sect_under_nodes(mem, __section_nr(section));
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 0ef5f21735af..d9fe12d45c21 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -674,6 +674,18 @@ static inline enum zone_type page_zonenum(const struct page *page)
 	return (page->flags >> ZONES_PGSHIFT) & ZONES_MASK;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DEVICE
+static inline bool is_zone_device_page(const struct page *page)
+{
+	return page_zonenum(page) == ZONE_DEVICE;
+}
+#else
+static inline bool is_zone_device_page(const struct page *page)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+#endif
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM) && !defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP)
 #define SECTION_IN_PAGE_FLAGS
 #endif