diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 9c36eb3bbd3b..171ad975c7cf 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -2282,10 +2282,8 @@ static int __ref try_remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size)
 		remove_memory_blocks_and_altmaps(start, size);
 	}
 
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK)) {
-		memblock_phys_free(start, size);
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK))
 		memblock_remove(start, size);
-	}
 
 	release_mem_region_adjustable(start, size);