diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
index 551093b74596..cf93527ac9eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ static inline void pgdat_resize_init(struct pglist_data *pgdat) {}
 extern void try_offline_node(int nid);
 extern int offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages);
 extern int remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size);
+extern int remove_memory_subsection(int nid, u64 start, u64 size);
 extern void __remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size);
 extern int offline_and_remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size);
 
@@ -340,6 +341,7 @@ extern void clear_zone_contiguous(struct zone *zone);
 extern void __ref free_area_init_core_hotplug(int nid);
 extern int __add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, mhp_t mhp_flags);
 extern int add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, mhp_t mhp_flags);
+extern int add_memory_subsection(int nid, u64 start, u64 size);
 extern int add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *resource,
 			       mhp_t mhp_flags);
 extern int add_memory_driver_managed(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index aa453a433143..0c1629cce5a6 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1131,6 +1131,46 @@ int add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, mhp_t mhp_flags)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_memory);
 
+int add_memory_subsection(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
+{
+	struct mhp_params params = { .pgprot = PAGE_KERNEL };
+	struct resource *res;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (size == memory_block_size_bytes())
+		return add_memory(nid, start, size, MHP_NONE);
+
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(start, SUBSECTION_SIZE) ||
+	    !IS_ALIGNED(size, SUBSECTION_SIZE)) {
+		pr_err("%s: start 0x%lx size 0x%lx not aligned to subsection size\n",
+			   __func__, start, size);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	res = register_memory_resource(start, size, "System RAM");
+	if (IS_ERR(res))
+		return PTR_ERR(res);
+
+	mem_hotplug_begin();
+
+	nid = memory_add_physaddr_to_nid(start);
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK))
+		memblock_add_node(start, size, nid);
+
+	ret = arch_add_memory(nid, start, size, &params);
+	if (ret) {
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK))
+			memblock_remove(start, size);
+		pr_err("%s failed to add subsection start 0x%lx size 0x%lx\n",
+			   __func__, start, size);
+	}
+	mem_hotplug_done();
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_memory_subsection);
+
 /*
  * Add special, driver-managed memory to the system as system RAM. Such
  * memory is not exposed via the raw firmware-provided memmap as system
@@ -1788,6 +1828,40 @@ int remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(remove_memory);
 
+int remove_memory_subsection(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
+{
+	if (size ==  memory_block_size_bytes())
+		return remove_memory(nid, start, size);
+
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(start, SUBSECTION_SIZE) ||
+	    !IS_ALIGNED(size, SUBSECTION_SIZE)) {
+		pr_err("%s: start 0x%lx size 0x%lx not aligned to subsection size\n",
+			   __func__, start, size);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	mem_hotplug_begin();
+
+	if (test_pages_isolated(start, start + size, MEMORY_OFFLINE)) {
+		pr_err("%s: [%lx, %lx) PFNs are not isolated\n",
+			   __func__, start, start + size);
+		mem_hotplug_done();
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
+	arch_remove_memory(nid, start, size, NULL);
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK))
+		memblock_remove(start, size);
+
+	release_mem_region_adjustable(start, size);
+
+	mem_hotplug_done();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(remove_memory_subsection);
+
 /*
  * Try to offline and remove a memory block. Might take a long time to
  * finish in case memory is still in use. Primarily useful for memory devices