diff --git a/drivers/dax/dax-private.h b/drivers/dax/dax-private.h
index 6779f683671dd4e91ad0c83add91c9639731d265..12a2dbc43b40c1ac431632b9c2b67317d67e4333 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/dax-private.h
+++ b/drivers/dax/dax-private.h
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ struct dax_region {
  * @dev - device core
  * @pgmap - pgmap for memmap setup / lifetime (driver owned)
  * @range: resource range for the instance
- * @dax_mem_res: physical address range of hotadded DAX memory
- * @dax_mem_name: name for hotadded DAX memory via add_memory_driver_managed()
  */
 struct dev_dax {
 	struct dax_region *region;
@@ -52,7 +50,6 @@ struct dev_dax {
 	struct device dev;
 	struct dev_pagemap *pgmap;
 	struct range range;
-	struct resource *dax_kmem_res;
 };
 
 static inline u64 range_len(struct range *range)
diff --git a/drivers/dax/kmem.c b/drivers/dax/kmem.c
index 6fe2cb1c5f7c18d82af65aea4ad5fac24d59a25d..e56fc688bdc534159102f7efed5d803cf9fb28c4 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/kmem.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/kmem.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ int dev_dax_kmem_probe(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct dev_dax *dev_dax = to_dev_dax(dev);
 	struct range range = dax_kmem_range(dev_dax);
-	struct resource *new_res;
+	struct resource *res;
 	char *res_name;
 	int numa_node;
 	int rc;
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ int dev_dax_kmem_probe(struct device *dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* Region is permanently reserved if hotremove fails. */
-	new_res = request_mem_region(range.start, range_len(&range), res_name);
-	if (!new_res) {
+	res = request_mem_region(range.start, range_len(&range), res_name);
+	if (!res) {
 		dev_warn(dev, "could not reserve region [%#llx-%#llx]\n", range.start, range.end);
 		kfree(res_name);
 		return -EBUSY;
@@ -69,23 +69,20 @@ int dev_dax_kmem_probe(struct device *dev)
 	 * inherit flags from the parent since it may set new flags
 	 * unknown to us that will break add_memory() below.
 	 */
-	new_res->flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM;
+	res->flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM;
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure that future kexec'd kernels will not treat this as RAM
 	 * automatically.
 	 */
-	rc = add_memory_driver_managed(numa_node, new_res->start,
-				       resource_size(new_res), kmem_name);
+	rc = add_memory_driver_managed(numa_node, range.start, range_len(&range), kmem_name);
 	if (rc) {
-		release_resource(new_res);
-		kfree(new_res);
+		release_mem_region(range.start, range_len(&range));
 		kfree(res_name);
 		return rc;
 	}
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, res_name);
-	dev_dax->dax_kmem_res = new_res;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -95,7 +92,6 @@ static int dev_dax_kmem_remove(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct dev_dax *dev_dax = to_dev_dax(dev);
 	struct range range = dax_kmem_range(dev_dax);
-	struct resource *res = dev_dax->dax_kmem_res;
 	const char *res_name = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	int rc;
 
@@ -114,10 +110,8 @@ static int dev_dax_kmem_remove(struct device *dev)
 	}
 
 	/* Release and free dax resources */
-	release_resource(res);
-	kfree(res);
+	release_mem_region(range.start, range_len(&range));
 	kfree(res_name);
-	dev_dax->dax_kmem_res = NULL;
 
 	return 0;
 }