diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
index ea78988bc13f..5e6301e94920 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ struct acpi_memory_info {
 	unsigned short caching;	/* memory cache attribute */
 	unsigned short write_protect;	/* memory read/write attribute */
 	unsigned int enabled:1;
-	unsigned int failed:1;
 };
 
 struct acpi_memory_device {
@@ -201,10 +200,8 @@ static int acpi_memory_enable_device(struct acpi_memory_device *mem_device)
 		 * returns -EEXIST. If add_memory() returns the other error, it
 		 * means that this memory block is not used by the kernel.
 		 */
-		if (result && result != -EEXIST) {
-			info->failed = 1;
+		if (result && result != -EEXIST)
 			continue;
-		}
 
 		info->enabled = 1;
 
@@ -238,16 +235,8 @@ static int acpi_memory_remove_memory(struct acpi_memory_device *mem_device)
 	nid = acpi_get_node(mem_device->device->handle);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(info, n, &mem_device->res_list, list) {
-		if (info->failed)
-			/* The kernel does not use this memory block */
-			continue;
-
 		if (!info->enabled)
-			/*
-			 * The kernel uses this memory block, but it may be not
-			 * managed by us.
-			 */
-			return -EBUSY;
+			continue;
 
 		if (nid < 0)
 			nid = memory_add_physaddr_to_nid(info->start_addr);