diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index 0e5c59b995e..59736317bf0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
  * memory regions, find holes and callback for contiguous regions.
  */
 int
-walk_memory_resource(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, void *arg,
-			int (*func)(unsigned long, unsigned long, void *))
+walk_system_ram_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
+		void *arg, int (*func)(unsigned long, unsigned long, void *))
 {
 	struct lmb_property res;
 	unsigned long pfn, len;
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ walk_memory_resource(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, void *arg,
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(walk_memory_resource);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(walk_system_ram_range);
 
 /*
  * Initialize the bootmem system and give it all the memory we
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_mrmw.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_mrmw.c
index 7663a2a9f13..7550a534005 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_mrmw.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_mrmw.c
@@ -2463,7 +2463,7 @@ int ehca_create_busmap(void)
 	int ret;
 
 	ehca_mr_len = 0;
-	ret = walk_memory_resource(0, 1ULL << MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS, NULL,
+	ret = walk_system_ram_range(0, 1ULL << MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS, NULL,
 				   ehca_create_busmap_callback);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_qmr.c b/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_qmr.c
index 3747457f5e6..bc7c5b7abb8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_qmr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_qmr.c
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ int ehea_create_busmap(void)
 
 	mutex_lock(&ehea_busmap_mutex);
 	ehea_mr_len = 0;
-	ret = walk_memory_resource(0, 1ULL << MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS, NULL,
+	ret = walk_system_ram_range(0, 1ULL << MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS, NULL,
 				   ehea_create_busmap_callback);
 	mutex_unlock(&ehea_busmap_mutex);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/include/linux/ioport.h b/include/linux/ioport.h
index 786e7b8cece..83aa81297ea 100644
--- a/include/linux/ioport.h
+++ b/include/linux/ioport.h
@@ -184,5 +184,9 @@ extern void __devm_release_region(struct device *dev, struct resource *parent,
 extern int iomem_map_sanity_check(resource_size_t addr, unsigned long size);
 extern int iomem_is_exclusive(u64 addr);
 
+extern int
+walk_system_ram_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
+		void *arg, int (*func)(unsigned long, unsigned long, void *));
+
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 #endif	/* _LINUX_IOPORT_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
index d95f72e79b8..fed969281a4 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
@@ -191,14 +191,6 @@ static inline void register_page_bootmem_info_node(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
 
 #endif /* ! CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
 
-/*
- * Walk through all memory which is registered as resource.
- * arg is (start_pfn, nr_pages, private_arg_pointer)
- */
-extern int walk_memory_resource(unsigned long start_pfn,
-			unsigned long nr_pages, void *arg,
-			int (*func)(unsigned long, unsigned long, void *));
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
 
 extern int is_mem_section_removable(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages);
diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index 78b087221c1..fb11a58b959 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -223,13 +223,13 @@ int release_resource(struct resource *old)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(release_resource);
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG) && !defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_WALK_MEMORY)
+#if !defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_WALK_MEMORY)
 /*
  * Finds the lowest memory reosurce exists within [res->start.res->end)
- * the caller must specify res->start, res->end, res->flags.
+ * the caller must specify res->start, res->end, res->flags and "name".
  * If found, returns 0, res is overwritten, if not found, returns -1.
  */
-static int find_next_system_ram(struct resource *res)
+static int find_next_system_ram(struct resource *res, char *name)
 {
 	resource_size_t start, end;
 	struct resource *p;
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ static int find_next_system_ram(struct resource *res)
 		/* system ram is just marked as IORESOURCE_MEM */
 		if (p->flags != res->flags)
 			continue;
+		if (name && strcmp(p->name, name))
+			continue;
 		if (p->start > end) {
 			p = NULL;
 			break;
@@ -262,19 +264,26 @@ static int find_next_system_ram(struct resource *res)
 		res->end = p->end;
 	return 0;
 }
-int
-walk_memory_resource(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, void *arg,
-			int (*func)(unsigned long, unsigned long, void *))
+
+/*
+ * This function calls callback against all memory range of "System RAM"
+ * which are marked as IORESOURCE_MEM and IORESOUCE_BUSY.
+ * Now, this function is only for "System RAM".
+ */
+int walk_system_ram_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
+		void *arg, int (*func)(unsigned long, unsigned long, void *))
 {
 	struct resource res;
 	unsigned long pfn, len;
 	u64 orig_end;
 	int ret = -1;
+
 	res.start = (u64) start_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	res.end = ((u64)(start_pfn + nr_pages) << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1;
 	res.flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 	orig_end = res.end;
-	while ((res.start < res.end) && (find_next_system_ram(&res) >= 0)) {
+	while ((res.start < res.end) &&
+		(find_next_system_ram(&res, "System RAM") >= 0)) {
 		pfn = (unsigned long)(res.start >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 		len = (unsigned long)((res.end + 1 - res.start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 		ret = (*func)(pfn, len, arg);
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index efe3e0ec2e6..821dee59637 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ int online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 	if (!populated_zone(zone))
 		need_zonelists_rebuild = 1;
 
-	ret = walk_memory_resource(pfn, nr_pages, &onlined_pages,
+	ret = walk_system_ram_range(pfn, nr_pages, &onlined_pages,
 		online_pages_range);
 	if (ret) {
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "online_pages %lx at %lx failed\n",
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ offline_isolated_pages_cb(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
 static void
 offline_isolated_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 {
-	walk_memory_resource(start_pfn, end_pfn - start_pfn, NULL,
+	walk_system_ram_range(start_pfn, end_pfn - start_pfn, NULL,
 				offline_isolated_pages_cb);
 }
 
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ check_pages_isolated(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 	long offlined = 0;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = walk_memory_resource(start_pfn, end_pfn - start_pfn, &offlined,
+	ret = walk_system_ram_range(start_pfn, end_pfn - start_pfn, &offlined,
 			check_pages_isolated_cb);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		offlined = (long)ret;