diff --git a/include/linux/memremap.h b/include/linux/memremap.h
index 79c49e7f5c30..f5b464daeeca 100644
--- a/include/linux/memremap.h
+++ b/include/linux/memremap.h
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ void *devm_memremap_pages(struct device *dev, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap);
 void devm_memunmap_pages(struct device *dev, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap);
 struct dev_pagemap *get_dev_pagemap(unsigned long pfn,
 		struct dev_pagemap *pgmap);
+bool pgmap_pfn_valid(struct dev_pagemap *pgmap, unsigned long pfn);
 
 unsigned long vmem_altmap_offset(struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
 void vmem_altmap_free(struct vmem_altmap *altmap, unsigned long nr_pfns);
@@ -165,6 +166,11 @@ static inline struct dev_pagemap *get_dev_pagemap(unsigned long pfn,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static inline bool pgmap_pfn_valid(struct dev_pagemap *pgmap, unsigned long pfn)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline unsigned long vmem_altmap_offset(struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index fd653c9953cf..570a20b42561 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -1237,6 +1237,12 @@ static int memory_failure_dev_pagemap(unsigned long pfn, int flags,
 		 */
 		put_page(page);
 
+	/* device metadata space is not recoverable */
+	if (!pgmap_pfn_valid(pgmap, pfn)) {
+		rc = -ENXIO;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Prevent the inode from being freed while we are interrogating
 	 * the address_space, typically this would be handled by
diff --git a/mm/memremap.c b/mm/memremap.c
index 16b2fb482da1..2455bac89506 100644
--- a/mm/memremap.c
+++ b/mm/memremap.c
@@ -80,6 +80,21 @@ static unsigned long pfn_first(struct dev_pagemap *pgmap, int range_id)
 	return pfn + vmem_altmap_offset(pgmap_altmap(pgmap));
 }
 
+bool pgmap_pfn_valid(struct dev_pagemap *pgmap, unsigned long pfn)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < pgmap->nr_range; i++) {
+		struct range *range = &pgmap->ranges[i];
+
+		if (pfn >= PHYS_PFN(range->start) &&
+		    pfn <= PHYS_PFN(range->end))
+			return pfn >= pfn_first(pgmap, i);
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static unsigned long pfn_end(struct dev_pagemap *pgmap, int range_id)
 {
 	const struct range *range = &pgmap->ranges[range_id];