return __basepage_index(page);
 }
 
-extern void dissolve_free_huge_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
-                                    unsigned long end_pfn);
+extern int dissolve_free_huge_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
+                                   unsigned long end_pfn);
 static inline bool hugepage_migration_supported(struct hstate *h)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_ENABLE_HUGEPAGE_MIGRATION
 {
        return page->index;
 }
-#define dissolve_free_huge_pages(s, e) do {} while (0)
+#define dissolve_free_huge_pages(s, e) 0
 #define hugepage_migration_supported(h)        false
 
 static inline spinlock_t *huge_pte_lockptr(struct hstate *h,
 
 
 /*
  * Dissolve a given free hugepage into free buddy pages. This function does
- * nothing for in-use (including surplus) hugepages.
+ * nothing for in-use (including surplus) hugepages. Returns -EBUSY if the
+ * number of free hugepages would be reduced below the number of reserved
+ * hugepages.
  */
-static void dissolve_free_huge_page(struct page *page)
+static int dissolve_free_huge_page(struct page *page)
 {
+       int rc = 0;
+
        spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
        if (PageHuge(page) && !page_count(page)) {
                struct page *head = compound_head(page);
                struct hstate *h = page_hstate(head);
                int nid = page_to_nid(head);
+               if (h->free_huge_pages - h->resv_huge_pages == 0) {
+                       rc = -EBUSY;
+                       goto out;
+               }
                list_del(&head->lru);
                h->free_huge_pages--;
                h->free_huge_pages_node[nid]--;
                h->max_huge_pages--;
                update_and_free_page(h, head);
        }
+out:
        spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
+       return rc;
 }
 
 /*
  * make specified memory blocks removable from the system.
  * Note that this will dissolve a free gigantic hugepage completely, if any
  * part of it lies within the given range.
+ * Also note that if dissolve_free_huge_page() returns with an error, all
+ * free hugepages that were dissolved before that error are lost.
  */
-void dissolve_free_huge_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
+int dissolve_free_huge_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 {
        unsigned long pfn;
+       int rc = 0;
 
        if (!hugepages_supported())
-               return;
+               return rc;
 
        for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += 1 << minimum_order)
-               dissolve_free_huge_page(pfn_to_page(pfn));
+               if (rc = dissolve_free_huge_page(pfn_to_page(pfn)))
+                       break;
+
+       return rc;
 }
 
 /*
 
         * dissolve free hugepages in the memory block before doing offlining
         * actually in order to make hugetlbfs's object counting consistent.
         */
-       dissolve_free_huge_pages(start_pfn, end_pfn);
+       ret = dissolve_free_huge_pages(start_pfn, end_pfn);
+       if (ret)
+               goto failed_removal;
        /* check again */
        offlined_pages = check_pages_isolated(start_pfn, end_pfn);
        if (offlined_pages < 0) {