diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index f4dd585898c5..224b44ab534e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -434,4 +434,7 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(struct page *start_page,
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif	/* CONFIG_ARM64_64K_PAGES */
+void vmemmap_free(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+}
 #endif	/* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */
diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c b/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c
index 731bf84094b6..652fee097921 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c
@@ -823,4 +823,7 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(struct page *start_page,
 	return vmemmap_populate_basepages(start_page, size, node);
 }
 
+void vmemmap_free(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
index 42bf082f0124..7e2246fb2f31 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -298,5 +298,9 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(struct page *start_page,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void vmemmap_free(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c b/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
index 79699f46a443..e21aaf4f5cb6 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
@@ -268,6 +268,10 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(struct page *start, unsigned long nr, int node)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+void vmemmap_free(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+}
+
 /*
  * Add memory segment to the segment list if it doesn't overlap with
  * an already present segment.
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
index 59c6fcfdc782..1588d33d5492 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -2236,6 +2236,10 @@ void __meminit vmemmap_populate_print_last(void)
 	}
 }
 
+void vmemmap_free(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */
 
 static void prot_init_common(unsigned long page_none,
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 4e58b83e6b2e..474e28f10815 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -1011,6 +1011,14 @@ remove_pagetable(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, bool direct)
 	flush_tlb_all();
 }
 
+void __ref vmemmap_free(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+	unsigned long start = (unsigned long)memmap;
+	unsigned long end = (unsigned long)(memmap + nr_pages);
+
+	remove_pagetable(start, end, false);
+}
+
 static void __meminit
 kernel_physical_mapping_remove(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 060557b9764f..9d659491c0ae 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1718,6 +1718,9 @@ int vmemmap_populate_basepages(struct page *start_page,
 						unsigned long pages, int node);
 int vmemmap_populate(struct page *start_page, unsigned long pages, int node);
 void vmemmap_populate_print_last(void);
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
+void vmemmap_free(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages);
+#endif
 void register_page_bootmem_memmap(unsigned long section_nr, struct page *map,
 				  unsigned long size);
 
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 66f0fd9d7964..46f6ea47d9ab 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -615,10 +615,11 @@ static inline struct page *kmalloc_section_memmap(unsigned long pnum, int nid,
 }
 static void __kfree_section_memmap(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages)
 {
-	return; /* XXX: Not implemented yet */
+	vmemmap_free(memmap, nr_pages);
 }
 static void free_map_bootmem(struct page *memmap, unsigned long nr_pages)
 {
+	vmemmap_free(memmap, nr_pages);
 }
 #else
 static struct page *__kmalloc_section_memmap(unsigned long nr_pages)