diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c
index eb4c16d634e0..80cdb9e6b3c4 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ struct virtio_mem {
 	/* Id of the next memory bock to prepare when needed. */
 	unsigned long next_mb_id;
 
+	/* The parent resource for all memory added via this device. */
+	struct resource *parent_resource;
+
 	/* Summary of all memory block states. */
 	unsigned long nb_mb_state[VIRTIO_MEM_MB_STATE_COUNT];
 #define VIRTIO_MEM_NB_OFFLINE_THRESHOLD		10
@@ -1741,6 +1744,44 @@ static int virtio_mem_init(struct virtio_mem *vm)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int virtio_mem_create_resource(struct virtio_mem *vm)
+{
+	/*
+	 * When force-unloading the driver and removing the device, we
+	 * could have a garbage pointer. Duplicate the string.
+	 */
+	const char *name = kstrdup(dev_name(&vm->vdev->dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	vm->parent_resource = __request_mem_region(vm->addr, vm->region_size,
+						   name, IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM);
+	if (!vm->parent_resource) {
+		kfree(name);
+		dev_warn(&vm->vdev->dev, "could not reserve device region\n");
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
+	/* The memory is not actually busy - make add_memory() work. */
+	vm->parent_resource->flags &= ~IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void virtio_mem_delete_resource(struct virtio_mem *vm)
+{
+	const char *name;
+
+	if (!vm->parent_resource)
+		return;
+
+	name = vm->parent_resource->name;
+	release_resource(vm->parent_resource);
+	kfree(vm->parent_resource);
+	kfree(name);
+	vm->parent_resource = NULL;
+}
+
 static int virtio_mem_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct virtio_mem *vm;
@@ -1770,11 +1811,16 @@ static int virtio_mem_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	if (rc)
 		goto out_del_vq;
 
+	/* create the parent resource for all memory */
+	rc = virtio_mem_create_resource(vm);
+	if (rc)
+		goto out_del_vq;
+
 	/* register callbacks */
 	vm->memory_notifier.notifier_call = virtio_mem_memory_notifier_cb;
 	rc = register_memory_notifier(&vm->memory_notifier);
 	if (rc)
-		goto out_del_vq;
+		goto out_del_resource;
 	rc = register_virtio_mem_device(vm);
 	if (rc)
 		goto out_unreg_mem;
@@ -1788,6 +1834,8 @@ static int virtio_mem_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	return 0;
 out_unreg_mem:
 	unregister_memory_notifier(&vm->memory_notifier);
+out_del_resource:
+	virtio_mem_delete_resource(vm);
 out_del_vq:
 	vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
 out_free_vm:
@@ -1848,6 +1896,8 @@ static void virtio_mem_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	    vm->nb_mb_state[VIRTIO_MEM_MB_STATE_ONLINE_PARTIAL] ||
 	    vm->nb_mb_state[VIRTIO_MEM_MB_STATE_ONLINE_MOVABLE])
 		dev_warn(&vdev->dev, "device still has system memory added\n");
+	else
+		virtio_mem_delete_resource(vm);
 
 	/* remove all tracking data - no locking needed */
 	vfree(vm->mb_state);