diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index a112ee02c35a..18e83fd76eb9 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ int is_mem_section_removable(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 }
 
 /*
- * Confirm all pages in a range [start, end) is belongs to the same zone.
+ * Confirm all pages in a range [start, end) belong to the same zone.
  */
 static int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 {
@@ -1280,9 +1280,9 @@ static int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 	struct zone *zone = NULL;
 	struct page *page;
 	int i;
-	for (pfn = start_pfn, sec_end_pfn = SECTION_ALIGN_UP(start_pfn);
+	for (pfn = start_pfn, sec_end_pfn = SECTION_ALIGN_UP(start_pfn + 1);
 	     pfn < end_pfn;
-	     pfn = sec_end_pfn + 1, sec_end_pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION) {
+	     pfn = sec_end_pfn, sec_end_pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION) {
 		/* Make sure the memory section is present first */
 		if (!present_section_nr(pfn_to_section_nr(pfn)))
 			continue;
@@ -1301,7 +1301,11 @@ static int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 			zone = page_zone(page);
 		}
 	}
-	return 1;
+
+	if (zone)
+		return 1;
+	else
+		return 0;
 }
 
 /*