diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 8c25e68e67d7..3050e6f99403 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -638,6 +638,11 @@ int lock_device_hotplug_sysfs(void)
 	return restart_syscall();
 }
 
+void assert_held_device_hotplug(void)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&device_hotplug_lock);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 static inline int device_is_not_partition(struct device *dev)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index bd684fc8ec1d..a48a7ff70164 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -1139,6 +1139,7 @@ static inline bool device_supports_offline(struct device *dev)
 extern void lock_device_hotplug(void);
 extern void unlock_device_hotplug(void);
 extern int lock_device_hotplug_sysfs(void);
+void assert_held_device_hotplug(void);
 extern int device_offline(struct device *dev);
 extern int device_online(struct device *dev);
 extern void set_primary_fwnode(struct device *dev, struct fwnode_handle *fwnode);
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index d67787d10ff0..92a242af5a91 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ void put_online_mems(void)
 
 void mem_hotplug_begin(void)
 {
+	assert_held_device_hotplug();
+
 	mem_hotplug.active_writer = current;
 
 	memhp_lock_acquire();