diff --git a/drivers/base/node.c b/drivers/base/node.c
index 9e218a6..54e5d8e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/node.c
+++ b/drivers/base/node.c
@@ -186,11 +186,14 @@ static SYSDEV_ATTR(distance, S_IRUGO, node_read_distance, NULL);
 static node_registration_func_t __hugetlb_register_node;
 static node_registration_func_t __hugetlb_unregister_node;
 
-static inline void hugetlb_register_node(struct node *node)
+static inline bool hugetlb_register_node(struct node *node)
 {
 	if (__hugetlb_register_node &&
-			node_state(node->sysdev.id, N_HIGH_MEMORY))
+			node_state(node->sysdev.id, N_HIGH_MEMORY)) {
 		__hugetlb_register_node(node);
+		return true;
+	}
+	return false;
 }
 
 static inline void hugetlb_unregister_node(struct node *node)
@@ -387,10 +390,31 @@ static int link_mem_sections(int nid)
 	return err;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLBFS
 /*
  * Handle per node hstate attribute [un]registration on transistions
  * to/from memoryless state.
  */
+static void node_hugetlb_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct node *node = container_of(work, struct node, node_work);
+
+	/*
+	 * We only get here when a node transitions to/from memoryless state.
+	 * We can detect which transition occurred by examining whether the
+	 * node has memory now.  hugetlb_register_node() already check this
+	 * so we try to register the attributes.  If that fails, then the
+	 * node has transitioned to memoryless, try to unregister the
+	 * attributes.
+	 */
+	if (!hugetlb_register_node(node))
+		hugetlb_unregister_node(node);
+}
+
+static void init_node_hugetlb_work(int nid)
+{
+	INIT_WORK(&node_devices[nid].node_work, node_hugetlb_work);
+}
 
 static int node_memory_callback(struct notifier_block *self,
 				unsigned long action, void *arg)
@@ -399,14 +423,16 @@ static int node_memory_callback(struct notifier_block *self,
 	int nid = mnb->status_change_nid;
 
 	switch (action) {
-	case MEM_ONLINE:    /* memory successfully brought online */
+	case MEM_ONLINE:
+	case MEM_OFFLINE:
+		/*
+		 * offload per node hstate [un]registration to a work thread
+		 * when transitioning to/from memoryless state.
+		 */
 		if (nid != NUMA_NO_NODE)
-			hugetlb_register_node(&node_devices[nid]);
-		break;
-	case MEM_OFFLINE:   /* or offline */
-		if (nid != NUMA_NO_NODE)
-			hugetlb_unregister_node(&node_devices[nid]);
+			schedule_work(&node_devices[nid].node_work);
 		break;
+
 	case MEM_GOING_ONLINE:
 	case MEM_GOING_OFFLINE:
 	case MEM_CANCEL_ONLINE:
@@ -417,15 +443,23 @@ static int node_memory_callback(struct notifier_block *self,
 
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
-#else
+#endif	/* CONFIG_HUGETLBFS */
+#else	/* !CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE */
+
 static int link_mem_sections(int nid) { return 0; }
+#endif	/* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE */
 
+#if !defined(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE) || \
+    !defined(CONFIG_HUGETLBFS)
 static inline int node_memory_callback(struct notifier_block *self,
 				unsigned long action, void *arg)
 {
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE */
+
+static void init_node_hugetlb_work(int nid) { }
+
+#endif
 
 int register_one_node(int nid)
 {
@@ -449,6 +483,9 @@ int register_one_node(int nid)
 
 		/* link memory sections under this node */
 		error = link_mem_sections(nid);
+
+		/* initialize work queue for memory hot plug */
+		init_node_hugetlb_work(nid);
 	}
 
 	return error;
diff --git a/include/linux/node.h b/include/linux/node.h
index dae1521..06292da 100644
--- a/include/linux/node.h
+++ b/include/linux/node.h
@@ -21,9 +21,14 @@
 
 #include <linux/sysdev.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 struct node {
 	struct sys_device	sysdev;
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE) && defined(CONFIG_HUGETLBFS)
+	struct work_struct	node_work;
+#endif
 };
 
 struct memory_block;