diff --git a/drivers/dax/bus.c b/drivers/dax/bus.c
index dffa4655e128..96bd64ba95a5 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/bus.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static ssize_t size_show(struct device *dev,
 		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct dev_dax *dev_dax = to_dev_dax(dev);
-	unsigned long long size = resource_size(&dev_dax->region->res);
+	unsigned long long size = range_len(&dev_dax->range);
 
 	return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", size);
 }
@@ -293,19 +293,12 @@ static ssize_t target_node_show(struct device *dev,
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(target_node);
 
-static unsigned long long dev_dax_resource(struct dev_dax *dev_dax)
-{
-	struct dax_region *dax_region = dev_dax->region;
-
-	return dax_region->res.start;
-}
-
 static ssize_t resource_show(struct device *dev,
 		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct dev_dax *dev_dax = to_dev_dax(dev);
 
-	return sprintf(buf, "%#llx\n", dev_dax_resource(dev_dax));
+	return sprintf(buf, "%#llx\n", dev_dax->range.start);
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(resource, 0400, resource_show, NULL);
 
@@ -376,6 +369,7 @@ static void dev_dax_release(struct device *dev)
 
 	dax_region_put(dax_region);
 	put_dax(dax_dev);
+	kfree(dev_dax->pgmap);
 	kfree(dev_dax);
 }
 
@@ -412,7 +406,12 @@ struct dev_dax *devm_create_dev_dax(struct dev_dax_data *data)
 	if (!dev_dax)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	memcpy(&dev_dax->pgmap, data->pgmap, sizeof(struct dev_pagemap));
+	if (data->pgmap) {
+		dev_dax->pgmap = kmemdup(data->pgmap,
+				sizeof(struct dev_pagemap), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!dev_dax->pgmap)
+			goto err_pgmap;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * No 'host' or dax_operations since there is no access to this
@@ -421,18 +420,19 @@ struct dev_dax *devm_create_dev_dax(struct dev_dax_data *data)
 	dax_dev = alloc_dax(dev_dax, NULL, NULL, DAXDEV_F_SYNC);
 	if (IS_ERR(dax_dev)) {
 		rc = PTR_ERR(dax_dev);
-		goto err;
+		goto err_alloc_dax;
 	}
 
 	/* a device_dax instance is dead while the driver is not attached */
 	kill_dax(dax_dev);
 
-	/* from here on we're committed to teardown via dax_dev_release() */
+	/* from here on we're committed to teardown via dev_dax_release() */
 	dev = &dev_dax->dev;
 	device_initialize(dev);
 
 	dev_dax->dax_dev = dax_dev;
 	dev_dax->region = dax_region;
+	dev_dax->range = data->range;
 	dev_dax->target_node = dax_region->target_node;
 	kref_get(&dax_region->kref);
 
@@ -458,8 +458,9 @@ struct dev_dax *devm_create_dev_dax(struct dev_dax_data *data)
 		return ERR_PTR(rc);
 
 	return dev_dax;
-
- err:
+err_alloc_dax:
+	kfree(dev_dax->pgmap);
+err_pgmap:
 	kfree(dev_dax);
 
 	return ERR_PTR(rc);
diff --git a/drivers/dax/bus.h b/drivers/dax/bus.h
index 299c2e7fac09..4aeb36da83a4 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/bus.h
+++ b/drivers/dax/bus.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #ifndef __DAX_BUS_H__
 #define __DAX_BUS_H__
 #include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/range.h>
 
 struct dev_dax;
 struct resource;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ struct dev_dax_data {
 	struct dax_region *dax_region;
 	struct dev_pagemap *pgmap;
 	enum dev_dax_subsys subsys;
+	struct range range;
 	int id;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/dax/dax-private.h b/drivers/dax/dax-private.h
index 8a4c40ccd2ef..6779f683671d 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/dax-private.h
+++ b/drivers/dax/dax-private.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct dax_region {
  * @target_node: effective numa node if dev_dax memory range is onlined
  * @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()
  */
@@ -49,10 +50,16 @@ struct dev_dax {
 	struct dax_device *dax_dev;
 	int target_node;
 	struct device dev;
-	struct dev_pagemap pgmap;
+	struct dev_pagemap *pgmap;
+	struct range range;
 	struct resource *dax_kmem_res;
 };
 
+static inline u64 range_len(struct range *range)
+{
+	return range->end - range->start + 1;
+}
+
 static inline struct dev_dax *to_dev_dax(struct device *dev)
 {
 	return container_of(dev, struct dev_dax, dev);
diff --git a/drivers/dax/device.c b/drivers/dax/device.c
index bffef1b21144..a86b2c9788c5 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/device.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/device.c
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ static int check_vma(struct dev_dax *dev_dax, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 __weak phys_addr_t dax_pgoff_to_phys(struct dev_dax *dev_dax, pgoff_t pgoff,
 		unsigned long size)
 {
-	struct resource *res = &dev_dax->region->res;
+	struct range *range = &dev_dax->range;
 	phys_addr_t phys;
 
-	phys = pgoff * PAGE_SIZE + res->start;
-	if (phys >= res->start && phys <= res->end) {
-		if (phys + size - 1 <= res->end)
+	phys = pgoff * PAGE_SIZE + range->start;
+	if (phys >= range->start && phys <= range->end) {
+		if (phys + size - 1 <= range->end)
 			return phys;
 	}
 
@@ -396,21 +396,31 @@ int dev_dax_probe(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct dev_dax *dev_dax = to_dev_dax(dev);
 	struct dax_device *dax_dev = dev_dax->dax_dev;
-	struct resource *res = &dev_dax->region->res;
+	struct range *range = &dev_dax->range;
+	struct dev_pagemap *pgmap;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct cdev *cdev;
 	void *addr;
 	int rc;
 
 	/* 1:1 map region resource range to device-dax instance range */
-	if (!devm_request_mem_region(dev, res->start, resource_size(res),
+	if (!devm_request_mem_region(dev, range->start, range_len(range),
 				dev_name(dev))) {
-		dev_warn(dev, "could not reserve region %pR\n", res);
+		dev_warn(dev, "could not reserve range: %#llx - %#llx\n",
+				range->start, range->end);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
-	dev_dax->pgmap.type = MEMORY_DEVICE_DEVDAX;
-	addr = devm_memremap_pages(dev, &dev_dax->pgmap);
+	pgmap = dev_dax->pgmap;
+	if (!pgmap) {
+		pgmap = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*pgmap), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!pgmap)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		pgmap->res.start = range->start;
+		pgmap->res.end = range->end;
+	}
+	pgmap->type = MEMORY_DEVICE_DEVDAX;
+	addr = devm_memremap_pages(dev, pgmap);
 	if (IS_ERR(addr))
 		return PTR_ERR(addr);
 
diff --git a/drivers/dax/hmem/hmem.c b/drivers/dax/hmem/hmem.c
index b84fe17178d8..af82d6ba820a 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/hmem/hmem.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/hmem/hmem.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 static int dax_hmem_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
-	struct dev_pagemap pgmap = { };
 	struct dax_region *dax_region;
 	struct memregion_info *mri;
 	struct dev_dax_data data;
@@ -20,8 +19,6 @@ static int dax_hmem_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	mri = dev->platform_data;
-	memcpy(&pgmap.res, res, sizeof(*res));
-
 	dax_region = alloc_dax_region(dev, pdev->id, res, mri->target_node,
 			PMD_SIZE);
 	if (!dax_region)
@@ -30,7 +27,10 @@ static int dax_hmem_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	data = (struct dev_dax_data) {
 		.dax_region = dax_region,
 		.id = 0,
-		.pgmap = &pgmap,
+		.range = {
+			.start = res->start,
+			.end = res->end,
+		},
 	};
 	dev_dax = devm_create_dev_dax(&data);
 	if (IS_ERR(dev_dax))
diff --git a/drivers/dax/kmem.c b/drivers/dax/kmem.c
index 275aa5f87399..5bb133df147d 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/kmem.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/kmem.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static bool any_hotremove_failed;
 int dev_dax_kmem_probe(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct dev_dax *dev_dax = to_dev_dax(dev);
-	struct resource *res = &dev_dax->region->res;
+	struct range *range = &dev_dax->range;
 	resource_size_t kmem_start;
 	resource_size_t kmem_size;
 	resource_size_t kmem_end;
@@ -39,17 +39,17 @@ int dev_dax_kmem_probe(struct device *dev)
 	 */
 	numa_node = dev_dax->target_node;
 	if (numa_node < 0) {
-		dev_warn(dev, "rejecting DAX region %pR with invalid node: %d\n",
-			 res, numa_node);
+		dev_warn(dev, "rejecting DAX region with invalid node: %d\n",
+				numa_node);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	/* Hotplug starting at the beginning of the next block: */
-	kmem_start = ALIGN(res->start, memory_block_size_bytes());
+	kmem_start = ALIGN(range->start, memory_block_size_bytes());
 
-	kmem_size = resource_size(res);
+	kmem_size = range_len(range);
 	/* Adjust the size down to compensate for moving up kmem_start: */
-	kmem_size -= kmem_start - res->start;
+	kmem_size -= kmem_start - range->start;
 	/* Align the size down to cover only complete blocks: */
 	kmem_size &= ~(memory_block_size_bytes() - 1);
 	kmem_end = kmem_start + kmem_size;
diff --git a/drivers/dax/pmem/core.c b/drivers/dax/pmem/core.c
index 08ee5947a49c..4fa81d3d2f65 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/pmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/pmem/core.c
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ struct dev_dax *__dax_pmem_probe(struct device *dev, enum dev_dax_subsys subsys)
 		.id = id,
 		.pgmap = &pgmap,
 		.subsys = subsys,
+		.range = {
+			.start = res.start,
+			.end = res.end,
+		},
 	};
 	dev_dax = devm_create_dev_dax(&data);
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/nvdimm/dax-dev.c b/tools/testing/nvdimm/dax-dev.c
index 7e5d979e73cb..38d8e55c4a0d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/nvdimm/dax-dev.c
+++ b/tools/testing/nvdimm/dax-dev.c
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 phys_addr_t dax_pgoff_to_phys(struct dev_dax *dev_dax, pgoff_t pgoff,
 		unsigned long size)
 {
-	struct resource *res = &dev_dax->region->res;
+	struct range *range = &dev_dax->range;
 	phys_addr_t addr;
 
-	addr = pgoff * PAGE_SIZE + res->start;
-	if (addr >= res->start && addr <= res->end) {
-		if (addr + size - 1 <= res->end) {
+	addr = pgoff * PAGE_SIZE + range->start;
+	if (addr >= range->start && addr <= range->end) {
+		if (addr + size - 1 <= range->end) {
 			if (get_nfit_res(addr)) {
 				struct page *page;
 
