diff --git a/drivers/dax/hmem/device.c b/drivers/dax/hmem/device.c
index cb6401c9e9a4fc..acf31cc1dbcca8 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/hmem/device.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/hmem/device.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ void hmem_register_device(int target_nid, struct resource *r)
 		.start = r->start,
 		.end = r->end,
 		.flags = IORESOURCE_MEM,
+		.desc = IORES_DESC_SOFT_RESERVED,
 	};
 	struct platform_device *pdev;
 	struct memregion_info info;