diff --git a/drivers/dax/bus.c b/drivers/dax/bus.c
index c1d379bd7af33..a02777c93c07b 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/bus.c
@@ -398,8 +398,8 @@ static void unregister_dev_dax(void *dev)
 	dev_dbg(dev, "%s\n", __func__);
 
 	kill_dev_dax(dev_dax);
-	free_dev_dax_ranges(dev_dax);
 	device_del(dev);
+	free_dev_dax_ranges(dev_dax);
 	put_device(dev);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/dax/kmem.c b/drivers/dax/kmem.c
index b4368c5b6a0cc..27d669f8b5f3a 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/kmem.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/kmem.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static int dev_dax_kmem_probe(struct dev_dax *dev_dax)
 		if (rc) {
 			dev_warn(dev, "mapping%d: %#llx-%#llx memory add failed\n",
 					i, range.start, range.end);
-			release_resource(res);
+			remove_resource(res);
 			kfree(res);
 			data->res[i] = NULL;
 			if (mapped)
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static int dev_dax_kmem_remove(struct dev_dax *dev_dax)
 		rc = remove_memory(dev_dax->target_node, range.start,
 				range_len(&range));
 		if (rc == 0) {
-			release_resource(data->res[i]);
+			remove_resource(data->res[i]);
 			kfree(data->res[i]);
 			data->res[i] = NULL;
 			success++;
diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index 817545ff80b9b..100253d4909c9 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -1293,20 +1293,6 @@ void release_mem_region_adjustable(resource_size_t start, resource_size_t size)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		/*
-		 * All memory regions added from memory-hotplug path have the
-		 * flag IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM. If the resource does not have
-		 * this flag, we know that we are dealing with a resource coming
-		 * from HMM/devm. HMM/devm use another mechanism to add/release
-		 * a resource. This goes via devm_request_mem_region and
-		 * devm_release_mem_region.
-		 * HMM/devm take care to release their resources when they want,
-		 * so if we are dealing with them, let us just back off here.
-		 */
-		if (!(res->flags & IORESOURCE_SYSRAM)) {
-			break;
-		}
-
 		if (!(res->flags & IORESOURCE_MEM))
 			break;