diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 7dda4f790f00..44e7de6ce694 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -248,26 +248,23 @@ static bool pages_correctly_reserved(unsigned long start_pfn,
 static int
 memory_block_action(unsigned long phys_index, unsigned long action)
 {
-	unsigned long start_pfn, start_paddr;
+	unsigned long start_pfn;
 	unsigned long nr_pages = PAGES_PER_SECTION * sections_per_block;
 	struct page *first_page;
 	int ret;
 
 	first_page = pfn_to_page(phys_index << PFN_SECTION_SHIFT);
+	start_pfn = page_to_pfn(first_page);
 
 	switch (action) {
 		case MEM_ONLINE:
-			start_pfn = page_to_pfn(first_page);
-
 			if (!pages_correctly_reserved(start_pfn, nr_pages))
 				return -EBUSY;
 
 			ret = online_pages(start_pfn, nr_pages);
 			break;
 		case MEM_OFFLINE:
-			start_paddr = page_to_pfn(first_page) << PAGE_SHIFT;
-			ret = remove_memory(start_paddr,
-					    nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT);
+			ret = offline_pages(start_pfn, nr_pages);
 			break;
 		default:
 			WARN(1, KERN_WARNING "%s(%ld, %ld) unknown action: "
diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
index 910550f3b70e..e64fe80eba96 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ static inline int is_mem_section_removable(unsigned long pfn,
 extern int mem_online_node(int nid);
 extern int add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size);
 extern int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size);
+extern int offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages);
 extern int remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size);
 extern int sparse_add_one_section(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn,
 								int nr_pages);
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index ce690a911f1b..dfc0a6134c7c 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ check_pages_isolated(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 	return offlined;
 }
 
-static int __ref offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
+static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
 		  unsigned long end_pfn, unsigned long timeout)
 {
 	unsigned long pfn, nr_pages, expire;
@@ -1007,15 +1007,24 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+	return __offline_pages(start_pfn, start_pfn + nr_pages, 120 * HZ);
+}
+
 int remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size)
 {
 	unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn;
 
 	start_pfn = PFN_DOWN(start);
 	end_pfn = start_pfn + PFN_DOWN(size);
-	return offline_pages(start_pfn, end_pfn, 120 * HZ);
+	return __offline_pages(start_pfn, end_pfn, 120 * HZ);
 }
 #else
+int offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
 int remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size)
 {
 	return -EINVAL;