diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index 4362b86ef84c..9c2f83331e5b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool want_memblock)
 			start, start + size, rc);
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
+	flush_inval_dcache_range(start, start + size);
 
 	return __add_pages(nid, start_pfn, nr_pages, want_memblock);
 }
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@ int arch_remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size)
 
 	/* Remove htab bolted mappings for this section of memory */
 	start = (unsigned long)__va(start);
+	flush_inval_dcache_range(start, start + size);
 	ret = remove_section_mapping(start, start + size);
 
 	/* Ensure all vmalloc mappings are flushed in case they also