diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/init.c b/arch/ia64/mm/init.c
index 39e2aeb4669d..80db57d063d0 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/init.c
@@ -648,18 +648,11 @@ mem_init (void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool for_device)
 {
-	pg_data_t *pgdat;
-	struct zone *zone;
 	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	int ret;
 
-	pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
-
-	zone = pgdat->node_zones +
-		zone_for_memory(nid, start, size, ZONE_NORMAL, for_device);
-	ret = __add_pages(nid, zone, start_pfn, nr_pages, !for_device);
-
+	ret = __add_pages(nid, start_pfn, nr_pages, !for_device);
 	if (ret)
 		printk("%s: Problem encountered in __add_pages() as ret=%d\n",
 		       __func__,  ret);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index e6b2e6618b6c..72c46eb53215 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -128,16 +128,12 @@ int __weak remove_section_mapping(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 
 int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool for_device)
 {
-	struct pglist_data *pgdata;
-	struct zone *zone;
 	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	int rc;
 
 	resize_hpt_for_hotplug(memblock_phys_mem_size());
 
-	pgdata = NODE_DATA(nid);
-
 	start = (unsigned long)__va(start);
 	rc = create_section_mapping(start, start + size);
 	if (rc) {
@@ -147,11 +143,7 @@ int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool for_device)
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
-	/* this should work for most non-highmem platforms */
-	zone = pgdata->node_zones +
-		zone_for_memory(nid, start, size, 0, for_device);
-
-	return __add_pages(nid, zone, start_pfn, nr_pages, !for_device);
+	return __add_pages(nid, start_pfn, nr_pages, !for_device);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/init.c b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
index a3d549966b6a..bfa918e3592b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
@@ -168,41 +168,15 @@ unsigned long memory_block_size_bytes(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool for_device)
 {
-	unsigned long zone_start_pfn, zone_end_pfn, nr_pages;
 	unsigned long start_pfn = PFN_DOWN(start);
 	unsigned long size_pages = PFN_DOWN(size);
-	pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
-	struct zone *zone;
-	int rc, i;
+	int rc;
 
 	rc = vmem_add_mapping(start, size);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_ZONES; i++) {
-		zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
-		if (zone_idx(zone) != ZONE_MOVABLE) {
-			/* Add range within existing zone limits, if possible */
-			zone_start_pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn;
-			zone_end_pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn +
-				       zone->spanned_pages;
-		} else {
-			/* Add remaining range to ZONE_MOVABLE */
-			zone_start_pfn = start_pfn;
-			zone_end_pfn = start_pfn + size_pages;
-		}
-		if (start_pfn < zone_start_pfn || start_pfn >= zone_end_pfn)
-			continue;
-		nr_pages = (start_pfn + size_pages > zone_end_pfn) ?
-			   zone_end_pfn - start_pfn : size_pages;
-		rc = __add_pages(nid, zone, start_pfn, nr_pages, !for_device);
-		if (rc)
-			break;
-		start_pfn += nr_pages;
-		size_pages -= nr_pages;
-		if (!size_pages)
-			break;
-	}
+	rc = __add_pages(nid, start_pfn, size_pages, !for_device);
 	if (rc)
 		vmem_remove_mapping(start, size);
 	return rc;
diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/init.c b/arch/sh/mm/init.c
index a9d57f75ae8c..3813a610a2bb 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/init.c
@@ -487,18 +487,12 @@ void free_initrd_mem(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool for_device)
 {
-	pg_data_t *pgdat;
 	unsigned long start_pfn = PFN_DOWN(start);
 	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	int ret;
 
-	pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
-
 	/* We only have ZONE_NORMAL, so this is easy.. */
-	ret = __add_pages(nid, pgdat->node_zones +
-			zone_for_memory(nid, start, size, ZONE_NORMAL,
-			for_device),
-			start_pfn, nr_pages, !for_device);
+	ret = __add_pages(nid, start_pfn, nr_pages, !for_device);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		printk("%s: Failed, __add_pages() == %d\n", __func__, ret);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
index 94594b889144..a424066d0552 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -825,13 +825,10 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool for_device)
 {
-	struct pglist_data *pgdata = NODE_DATA(nid);
-	struct zone *zone = pgdata->node_zones +
-		zone_for_memory(nid, start, size, ZONE_HIGHMEM, for_device);
 	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-	return __add_pages(nid, zone, start_pfn, nr_pages, !for_device);
+	return __add_pages(nid, start_pfn, nr_pages, !for_device);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 9d64291459b6..06afa84ac0a0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -772,22 +772,15 @@ static void  update_end_of_memory_vars(u64 start, u64 size)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * Memory is added always to NORMAL zone. This means you will never get
- * additional DMA/DMA32 memory.
- */
 int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool for_device)
 {
-	struct pglist_data *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
-	struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones +
-		zone_for_memory(nid, start, size, ZONE_NORMAL, for_device);
 	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	int ret;
 
 	init_memory_mapping(start, start + size);
 
-	ret = __add_pages(nid, zone, start_pfn, nr_pages, !for_device);
+	ret = __add_pages(nid, start_pfn, nr_pages, !for_device);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(ret);
 
 	/* update max_pfn, max_low_pfn and high_memory */
diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 1e884d82af6f..b86fda30ce62 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -392,39 +392,43 @@ static ssize_t show_valid_zones(struct device *dev,
 				struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct memory_block *mem = to_memory_block(dev);
-	unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn;
-	unsigned long valid_start, valid_end, valid_pages;
+	unsigned long start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem->start_section_nr);
 	unsigned long nr_pages = PAGES_PER_SECTION * sections_per_block;
-	struct zone *zone;
-	int zone_shift = 0;
+	unsigned long valid_start_pfn, valid_end_pfn;
+	bool append = false;
+	int nid;
 
-	start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem->start_section_nr);
-	end_pfn = start_pfn + nr_pages;
-
-	/* The block contains more than one zone can not be offlined. */
-	if (!test_pages_in_a_zone(start_pfn, end_pfn, &valid_start, &valid_end))
+	/*
+	 * The block contains more than one zone can not be offlined.
+	 * This can happen e.g. for ZONE_DMA and ZONE_DMA32
+	 */
+	if (!test_pages_in_a_zone(start_pfn, start_pfn + nr_pages, &valid_start_pfn, &valid_end_pfn))
 		return sprintf(buf, "none\n");
 
-	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(valid_start));
-	valid_pages = valid_end - valid_start;
+	start_pfn = valid_start_pfn;
+	nr_pages = valid_end_pfn - start_pfn;
 
-	/* MMOP_ONLINE_KEEP */
-	sprintf(buf, "%s", zone->name);
-
-	/* MMOP_ONLINE_KERNEL */
-	zone_can_shift(valid_start, valid_pages, ZONE_NORMAL, &zone_shift);
-	if (zone_shift) {
-		strcat(buf, " ");
-		strcat(buf, (zone + zone_shift)->name);
+	/*
+	 * Check the existing zone. Make sure that we do that only on the
+	 * online nodes otherwise the page_zone is not reliable
+	 */
+	if (mem->state == MEM_ONLINE) {
+		strcat(buf, page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn))->name);
+		goto out;
 	}
 
-	/* MMOP_ONLINE_MOVABLE */
-	zone_can_shift(valid_start, valid_pages, ZONE_MOVABLE, &zone_shift);
-	if (zone_shift) {
-		strcat(buf, " ");
-		strcat(buf, (zone + zone_shift)->name);
+	nid = pfn_to_nid(start_pfn);
+	if (allow_online_pfn_range(nid, start_pfn, nr_pages, MMOP_ONLINE_KERNEL)) {
+		strcat(buf, NODE_DATA(nid)->node_zones[ZONE_NORMAL].name);
+		append = true;
 	}
 
+	if (allow_online_pfn_range(nid, start_pfn, nr_pages, MMOP_ONLINE_MOVABLE)) {
+		if (append)
+			strcat(buf, " ");
+		strcat(buf, NODE_DATA(nid)->node_zones[ZONE_MOVABLE].name);
+	}
+out:
 	strcat(buf, "\n");
 
 	return strlen(buf);
diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
index a61aede1b391..8a07a49fd8dc 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ extern int __remove_pages(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn,
 	unsigned long nr_pages);
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE */
 
-/* reasonably generic interface to expand the physical pages in a zone  */
-extern int __add_pages(int nid, struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn,
+/* reasonably generic interface to expand the physical pages */
+extern int __add_pages(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn,
 	unsigned long nr_pages, bool want_memblock);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
@@ -299,15 +299,16 @@ extern int add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *resource, bool online);
 extern int zone_for_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, int zone_default,
 		bool for_device);
 extern int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, bool for_device);
+extern void move_pfn_range_to_zone(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn,
+		unsigned long nr_pages);
 extern int offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages);
 extern bool is_memblock_offlined(struct memory_block *mem);
 extern void remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size);
-extern int sparse_add_one_section(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn);
+extern int sparse_add_one_section(struct pglist_data *pgdat, unsigned long start_pfn);
 extern void sparse_remove_one_section(struct zone *zone, struct mem_section *ms,
 		unsigned long map_offset);
 extern struct page *sparse_decode_mem_map(unsigned long coded_mem_map,
 					  unsigned long pnum);
-extern bool zone_can_shift(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
-			  enum zone_type target, int *zone_shift);
-
+extern bool allow_online_pfn_range(int nid, unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
+		int online_type);
 #endif /* __LINUX_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 2aaf7e08c5a8..abc1641011f2 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -532,6 +532,22 @@ static inline bool zone_is_empty(struct zone *zone)
 	return zone->spanned_pages == 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return true if [start_pfn, start_pfn + nr_pages) range has a non-empty
+ * intersection with the given zone
+ */
+static inline bool zone_intersects(struct zone *zone,
+		unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+	if (zone_is_empty(zone))
+		return false;
+	if (start_pfn >= zone_end_pfn(zone) ||
+	    start_pfn + nr_pages <= zone->zone_start_pfn)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /*
  * The "priority" of VM scanning is how much of the queues we will scan in one
  * go. A value of 12 for DEF_PRIORITY implies that we will scan 1/4096th of the
diff --git a/kernel/memremap.c b/kernel/memremap.c
index 23a6483c3666..281eb478856a 100644
--- a/kernel/memremap.c
+++ b/kernel/memremap.c
@@ -359,6 +359,10 @@ void *devm_memremap_pages(struct device *dev, struct resource *res,
 
 	mem_hotplug_begin();
 	error = arch_add_memory(nid, align_start, align_size, true);
+	if (!error)
+		move_pfn_range_to_zone(&NODE_DATA(nid)->node_zones[ZONE_DEVICE],
+					align_start >> PAGE_SHIFT,
+					align_size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	mem_hotplug_done();
 	if (error)
 		goto err_add_memory;
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index b2ebe9ad7f6c..9438ffe24cb2 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -433,25 +433,6 @@ out_fail:
 	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)
 {
@@ -493,23 +474,35 @@ static int __meminit __add_zone(struct zone *zone, unsigned long phys_start_pfn)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __meminit __add_section(int nid, struct zone *zone,
-		unsigned long phys_start_pfn, bool want_memblock)
+static int __meminit __add_section(int nid, unsigned long phys_start_pfn,
+		bool want_memblock)
 {
 	int ret;
+	int i;
 
 	if (pfn_valid(phys_start_pfn))
 		return -EEXIST;
 
-	ret = sparse_add_one_section(zone, phys_start_pfn);
-
+	ret = sparse_add_one_section(NODE_DATA(nid), phys_start_pfn);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = __add_zone(zone, phys_start_pfn);
+	/*
+	 * Make all the pages reserved so that nobody will stumble over half
+	 * initialized state.
+	 * FIXME: We also have to associate it with a node because pfn_to_node
+	 * relies on having page with the proper node.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < PAGES_PER_SECTION; i++) {
+		unsigned long pfn = phys_start_pfn + i;
+		struct page *page;
+		if (!pfn_valid(pfn))
+			continue;
 
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+		page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
+		set_page_node(page, nid);
+		SetPageReserved(page);
+	}
 
 	if (!want_memblock)
 		return 0;
@@ -523,7 +516,7 @@ static int __meminit __add_section(int nid, struct zone *zone,
  * call this function after deciding the zone to which to
  * add the new pages.
  */
-int __ref __add_pages(int nid, struct zone *zone, unsigned long phys_start_pfn,
+int __ref __add_pages(int nid, unsigned long phys_start_pfn,
 			unsigned long nr_pages, bool want_memblock)
 {
 	unsigned long i;
@@ -531,8 +524,6 @@ int __ref __add_pages(int nid, struct zone *zone, unsigned long phys_start_pfn,
 	int start_sec, end_sec;
 	struct vmem_altmap *altmap;
 
-	clear_zone_contiguous(zone);
-
 	/* during initialize mem_map, align hot-added range to section */
 	start_sec = pfn_to_section_nr(phys_start_pfn);
 	end_sec = pfn_to_section_nr(phys_start_pfn + nr_pages - 1);
@@ -552,7 +543,7 @@ int __ref __add_pages(int nid, struct zone *zone, unsigned long phys_start_pfn,
 	}
 
 	for (i = start_sec; i <= end_sec; i++) {
-		err = __add_section(nid, zone, section_nr_to_pfn(i), want_memblock);
+		err = __add_section(nid, section_nr_to_pfn(i), want_memblock);
 
 		/*
 		 * EEXIST is finally dealt with by ioresource collision
@@ -565,7 +556,6 @@ int __ref __add_pages(int nid, struct zone *zone, unsigned long phys_start_pfn,
 	}
 	vmemmap_populate_print_last();
 out:
-	set_zone_contiguous(zone);
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__add_pages);
@@ -1034,39 +1024,109 @@ static void node_states_set_node(int node, struct memory_notify *arg)
 	node_set_state(node, N_MEMORY);
 }
 
-bool zone_can_shift(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
-		   enum zone_type target, int *zone_shift)
+bool allow_online_pfn_range(int nid, unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, int online_type)
 {
-	struct zone *zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(pfn));
-	enum zone_type idx = zone_idx(zone);
-	int i;
+	struct pglist_data *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
+	struct zone *movable_zone = &pgdat->node_zones[ZONE_MOVABLE];
+	struct zone *normal_zone =  &pgdat->node_zones[ZONE_NORMAL];
 
-	*zone_shift = 0;
-
-	if (idx < target) {
-		/* pages must be at end of current zone */
-		if (pfn + nr_pages != zone_end_pfn(zone))
-			return false;
-
-		/* no zones in use between current zone and target */
-		for (i = idx + 1; i < target; i++)
-			if (zone_is_initialized(zone - idx + i))
-				return false;
+	/*
+	 * TODO there shouldn't be any inherent reason to have ZONE_NORMAL
+	 * physically before ZONE_MOVABLE. All we need is they do not
+	 * overlap. Historically we didn't allow ZONE_NORMAL after ZONE_MOVABLE
+	 * though so let's stick with it for simplicity for now.
+	 * TODO make sure we do not overlap with ZONE_DEVICE
+	 */
+	if (online_type == MMOP_ONLINE_KERNEL) {
+		if (zone_is_empty(movable_zone))
+			return true;
+		return movable_zone->zone_start_pfn >= pfn + nr_pages;
+	} else if (online_type == MMOP_ONLINE_MOVABLE) {
+		return zone_end_pfn(normal_zone) <= pfn;
 	}
 
-	if (target < idx) {
-		/* pages must be at beginning of current zone */
-		if (pfn != zone->zone_start_pfn)
-			return false;
+	/* MMOP_ONLINE_KEEP will always succeed and inherits the current zone */
+	return online_type == MMOP_ONLINE_KEEP;
+}
 
-		/* no zones in use between current zone and target */
-		for (i = target + 1; i < idx; i++)
-			if (zone_is_initialized(zone - idx + i))
-				return false;
+static void __meminit resize_zone_range(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn,
+		unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+	unsigned long old_end_pfn = zone_end_pfn(zone);
+
+	if (zone_is_empty(zone) || start_pfn < zone->zone_start_pfn)
+		zone->zone_start_pfn = start_pfn;
+
+	zone->spanned_pages = max(start_pfn + nr_pages, old_end_pfn) - zone->zone_start_pfn;
+}
+
+static void __meminit resize_pgdat_range(struct pglist_data *pgdat, unsigned long start_pfn,
+                                     unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+	unsigned long old_end_pfn = pgdat_end_pfn(pgdat);
+
+	if (!pgdat->node_spanned_pages || start_pfn < pgdat->node_start_pfn)
+		pgdat->node_start_pfn = start_pfn;
+
+	pgdat->node_spanned_pages = max(start_pfn + nr_pages, old_end_pfn) - pgdat->node_start_pfn;
+}
+
+void move_pfn_range_to_zone(struct zone *zone,
+		unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+	struct pglist_data *pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
+	int nid = pgdat->node_id;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	if (zone_is_empty(zone))
+		init_currently_empty_zone(zone, start_pfn, nr_pages);
+
+	clear_zone_contiguous(zone);
+
+	/* TODO Huh pgdat is irqsave while zone is not. It used to be like that before */
+	pgdat_resize_lock(pgdat, &flags);
+	zone_span_writelock(zone);
+	resize_zone_range(zone, start_pfn, nr_pages);
+	zone_span_writeunlock(zone);
+	resize_pgdat_range(pgdat, start_pfn, nr_pages);
+	pgdat_resize_unlock(pgdat, &flags);
+
+	/*
+	 * TODO now we have a visible range of pages which are not associated
+	 * with their zone properly. Not nice but set_pfnblock_flags_mask
+	 * expects the zone spans the pfn range. All the pages in the range
+	 * are reserved so nobody should be touching them so we should be safe
+	 */
+	memmap_init_zone(nr_pages, nid, zone_idx(zone), start_pfn, MEMMAP_HOTPLUG);
+
+	set_zone_contiguous(zone);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Associates the given pfn range with the given node and the zone appropriate
+ * for the given online type.
+ */
+static struct zone * __meminit move_pfn_range(int online_type, int nid,
+		unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+	struct pglist_data *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
+	struct zone *zone = &pgdat->node_zones[ZONE_NORMAL];
+
+	if (online_type == MMOP_ONLINE_KEEP) {
+		struct zone *movable_zone = &pgdat->node_zones[ZONE_MOVABLE];
+		/*
+		 * MMOP_ONLINE_KEEP inherits the current zone which is
+		 * ZONE_NORMAL by default but we might be within ZONE_MOVABLE
+		 * already.
+		 */
+		if (zone_intersects(movable_zone, start_pfn, nr_pages))
+			zone = movable_zone;
+	} else if (online_type == MMOP_ONLINE_MOVABLE) {
+		zone = &pgdat->node_zones[ZONE_MOVABLE];
 	}
 
-	*zone_shift = target - idx;
-	return true;
+	move_pfn_range_to_zone(zone, start_pfn, nr_pages);
+	return zone;
 }
 
 /* Must be protected by mem_hotplug_begin() */
@@ -1079,38 +1139,21 @@ 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().
-	 * The section can't be removed here because of the
-	 * memory_block->state_mutex.
-	 */
-	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(pfn));
-
-	if ((zone_idx(zone) > ZONE_NORMAL ||
-	    online_type == MMOP_ONLINE_MOVABLE) &&
-	    !can_online_high_movable(pfn_to_nid(pfn)))
+	nid = pfn_to_nid(pfn);
+	if (!allow_online_pfn_range(nid, pfn, nr_pages, online_type))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (online_type == MMOP_ONLINE_KERNEL) {
-		if (!zone_can_shift(pfn, nr_pages, ZONE_NORMAL, &zone_shift))
-			return -EINVAL;
-	} else if (online_type == MMOP_ONLINE_MOVABLE) {
-		if (!zone_can_shift(pfn, nr_pages, ZONE_MOVABLE, &zone_shift))
-			return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	zone = move_pfn_range(zone_shift, pfn, pfn + nr_pages);
-	if (!zone)
+	if (online_type == MMOP_ONLINE_MOVABLE && !can_online_high_movable(nid))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* associate pfn range with the zone */
+	zone = move_pfn_range(online_type, nid, pfn, nr_pages);
+
 	arg.start_pfn = pfn;
 	arg.nr_pages = nr_pages;
 	node_states_check_changes_online(nr_pages, zone, &arg);
 
-	nid = zone_to_nid(zone);
-
 	ret = memory_notify(MEM_GOING_ONLINE, &arg);
 	ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 9d7fd666015e..7b4be3fd5cac 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -761,10 +761,9 @@ static void free_map_bootmem(struct page *memmap)
  * set.  If this is <=0, then that means that the passed-in
  * map was not consumed and must be freed.
  */
-int __meminit sparse_add_one_section(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn)
+int __meminit sparse_add_one_section(struct pglist_data *pgdat, unsigned long start_pfn)
 {
 	unsigned long section_nr = pfn_to_section_nr(start_pfn);
-	struct pglist_data *pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
 	struct mem_section *ms;
 	struct page *memmap;
 	unsigned long *usemap;