1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 1fe76d963ac2..1ae2b2cc3a54 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -69,12 +69,16 @@ int __add_pages(struct zone *zone, unsigned long phys_start_pfn,
         for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i += PAGES_PER_SECTION) {
                 err = __add_section(zone, phys_start_pfn + i);
 
-                if (err)
+                /* We want to keep adding the rest of the
+                 * sections if the first ones already exist
+                 */
+                if (err && (err != -EEXIST))
                         break;
         }
 
         return err;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__add_pages);
 
 static void grow_zone_span(struct zone *zone,
                 unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)