diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index e3cbdcaff2a5..a86a66cbef77 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -449,6 +449,25 @@ static int __meminit move_pfn_range_right(struct zone *z1, struct zone *z2,
 	return -1;
 }
 
+static struct zone * __meminit move_pfn_range(int zone_shift,
+		unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
+{
+	struct zone *zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn));
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (zone_shift < 0)
+		ret = move_pfn_range_left(zone + zone_shift, zone,
+					  start_pfn, end_pfn);
+	else if (zone_shift)
+		ret = move_pfn_range_right(zone, zone + zone_shift,
+					   start_pfn, end_pfn);
+
+	if (ret)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return zone + zone_shift;
+}
+
 static void __meminit grow_pgdat_span(struct pglist_data *pgdat, unsigned long start_pfn,
 				      unsigned long end_pfn)
 {
@@ -1039,6 +1058,7 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, int online_typ
 	int nid;
 	int ret;
 	struct memory_notify arg;
+	int zone_shift = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * This doesn't need a lock to do pfn_to_page().
@@ -1053,18 +1073,16 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, int online_typ
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (online_type == MMOP_ONLINE_KERNEL &&
-	    zone_idx(zone) == ZONE_MOVABLE) {
-		if (move_pfn_range_left(zone - 1, zone, pfn, pfn + nr_pages))
-			return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	if (online_type == MMOP_ONLINE_MOVABLE &&
-	    zone_idx(zone) == ZONE_MOVABLE - 1) {
-		if (move_pfn_range_right(zone, zone + 1, pfn, pfn + nr_pages))
-			return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	    zone_idx(zone) == ZONE_MOVABLE)
+		zone_shift = -1;
 
-	/* Previous code may changed the zone of the pfn range */
-	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(pfn));
+	if (online_type == MMOP_ONLINE_MOVABLE &&
+	    zone_idx(zone) == ZONE_MOVABLE - 1)
+		zone_shift = 1;
+
+	zone = move_pfn_range(zone_shift, pfn, pfn + nr_pages);
+	if (!zone)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	arg.start_pfn = pfn;
 	arg.nr_pages = nr_pages;