diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 926ec70..8907426 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1017,6 +1017,11 @@ int __ref add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *res)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	if (!node_possible(nid)) {
+		WARN(1, "node %d was absent from the node_possible_map\n", nid);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	mem_hotplug_begin();
 
 	/*