diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 124e794867c5..1ad28323fb9f 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1188,11 +1188,13 @@ static inline int pageblock_free(struct page *page)
 	return PageBuddy(page) && page_order(page) >= pageblock_order;
 }
 
-/* Return the start of the next active pageblock after a given page */
-static struct page *next_active_pageblock(struct page *page)
+/* Return the pfn of the start of the next active pageblock after a given pfn */
+static unsigned long next_active_pageblock(unsigned long pfn)
 {
+	struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
+
 	/* Ensure the starting page is pageblock-aligned */
-	BUG_ON(page_to_pfn(page) & (pageblock_nr_pages - 1));
+	BUG_ON(pfn & (pageblock_nr_pages - 1));
 
 	/* If the entire pageblock is free, move to the end of free page */
 	if (pageblock_free(page)) {
@@ -1200,16 +1202,16 @@ static struct page *next_active_pageblock(struct page *page)
 		/* be careful. we don't have locks, page_order can be changed.*/
 		order = page_order(page);
 		if ((order < MAX_ORDER) && (order >= pageblock_order))
-			return page + (1 << order);
+			return pfn + (1 << order);
 	}
 
-	return page + pageblock_nr_pages;
+	return pfn + pageblock_nr_pages;
 }
 
-static bool is_pageblock_removable_nolock(struct page *page)
+static bool is_pageblock_removable_nolock(unsigned long pfn)
 {
+	struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
 	struct zone *zone;
-	unsigned long pfn;
 
 	/*
 	 * We have to be careful here because we are iterating over memory
@@ -1232,13 +1234,14 @@ static bool is_pageblock_removable_nolock(struct page *page)
 /* Checks if this range of memory is likely to be hot-removable. */
 bool is_mem_section_removable(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 {
-	struct page *page = pfn_to_page(start_pfn);
-	unsigned long end_pfn = min(start_pfn + nr_pages, zone_end_pfn(page_zone(page)));
-	struct page *end_page = pfn_to_page(end_pfn);
+	unsigned long end_pfn, pfn;
+
+	end_pfn = min(start_pfn + nr_pages,
+			zone_end_pfn(page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn))));
 
 	/* Check the starting page of each pageblock within the range */
-	for (; page < end_page; page = next_active_pageblock(page)) {
-		if (!is_pageblock_removable_nolock(page))
+	for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn = next_active_pageblock(pfn)) {
+		if (!is_pageblock_removable_nolock(pfn))
 			return false;
 		cond_resched();
 	}