diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index c6b006a936f..6a9e3683d8f 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ config SLUB_STATS
 
 config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
 	bool "Kernel memory leak detector"
-	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL && !MEMORY_HOTPLUG && \
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL && \
 		(X86 || ARM || PPC || MIPS || S390 || SPARC64 || SUPERH || MICROBLAZE || TILE)
 
 	select DEBUG_FS
diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index aacee45616f..4facb03bf83 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/kmemcheck.h>
 #include <linux/kmemleak.h>
+#include <linux/memory_hotplug.h>
 
 /*
  * Kmemleak configuration and common defines.
@@ -1220,9 +1221,9 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void)
 #endif
 
 	/*
-	 * Struct page scanning for each node. The code below is not yet safe
-	 * with MEMORY_HOTPLUG.
+	 * Struct page scanning for each node.
 	 */
+	lock_memory_hotplug();
 	for_each_online_node(i) {
 		pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(i);
 		unsigned long start_pfn = pgdat->node_start_pfn;
@@ -1241,6 +1242,7 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void)
 			scan_block(page, page + 1, NULL, 1);
 		}
 	}
+	unlock_memory_hotplug();
 
 	/*
 	 * Scanning the task stacks (may introduce false negatives).