return 0;
 }
 
+/* called with device_hotplug_lock held */
 static bool memtrace_offline_pages(u32 nid, u64 start_pfn, u64 nr_pages)
 {
        u64 end_pfn = start_pfn + nr_pages - 1;
        /* Trace memory needs to be aligned to the size */
        end_pfn = round_down(end_pfn - nr_pages, nr_pages);
 
+       lock_device_hotplug();
        for (base_pfn = end_pfn; base_pfn > start_pfn; base_pfn -= nr_pages) {
                if (memtrace_offline_pages(nid, base_pfn, nr_pages) == true) {
                        /*
                         * we never try to remove memory that spans two iomem
                         * resources.
                         */
-                       lock_device_hotplug();
                        end_pfn = base_pfn + nr_pages;
                        for (pfn = base_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += bytes>> PAGE_SHIFT) {
                                __remove_memory(nid, pfn << PAGE_SHIFT, bytes);
                        return base_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
                }
        }
+       unlock_device_hotplug();
 
        return 0;
 }