diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 7e919138..186a85b 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -208,12 +208,13 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * We need this if we ever free the mem_maps.  While not implemented yet,
- * this function is included for parity with its sibling.
+ * Decode mem_map from the coded memmap
  */
-static __attribute((unused))
+static
 struct page *sparse_decode_mem_map(unsigned long coded_mem_map, unsigned long pnum)
 {
+	/* mask off the extra low bits of information */
+	coded_mem_map &= SECTION_MAP_MASK;
 	return ((struct page *)coded_mem_map) + section_nr_to_pfn(pnum);
 }
 
@@ -404,6 +405,28 @@
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */
 
+static void free_section_usemap(struct page *memmap, unsigned long *usemap)
+{
+	if (!usemap)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * Check to see if allocation came from hot-plug-add
+	 */
+	if (PageSlab(virt_to_page(usemap))) {
+		kfree(usemap);
+		if (memmap)
+			__kfree_section_memmap(memmap, PAGES_PER_SECTION);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * TODO: Allocations came from bootmem - how do I free up ?
+	 */
+	printk(KERN_WARNING "Not freeing up allocations from bootmem "
+			"- leaking memory\n");
+}
+
 /*
  * returns the number of sections whose mem_maps were properly
  * set.  If this is <=0, then that means that the passed-in
@@ -456,4 +479,20 @@
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
+
+void sparse_remove_one_section(struct zone *zone, struct mem_section *ms)
+{
+	struct page *memmap = NULL;
+	unsigned long *usemap = NULL;
+
+	if (ms->section_mem_map) {
+		usemap = ms->pageblock_flags;
+		memmap = sparse_decode_mem_map(ms->section_mem_map,
+						__section_nr(ms));
+		ms->section_mem_map = 0;
+		ms->pageblock_flags = NULL;
+	}
+
+	free_section_usemap(memmap, usemap);
+}
 #endif