diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 1ad92b46753e..2298237db142 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1039,6 +1039,10 @@ static pg_data_t __ref *hotadd_new_pgdat(int nid, u64 start)
 			return NULL;
 
 		arch_refresh_nodedata(nid, pgdat);
+	} else {
+		/* Reset the nr_zones and classzone_idx to 0 before reuse */
+		pgdat->nr_zones = 0;
+		pgdat->classzone_idx = 0;
 	}
 
 	/* we can use NODE_DATA(nid) from here */
@@ -1802,15 +1806,6 @@ void try_offline_node(int nid)
 		if (is_vmalloc_addr(zone->wait_table))
 			vfree(zone->wait_table);
 	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Since there is no way to guarentee the address of pgdat/zone is not
-	 * on stack of any kernel threads or used by other kernel objects
-	 * without reference counting or other symchronizing method, do not
-	 * reset node_data and free pgdat here. Just reset it to 0 and reuse
-	 * the memory when the node is online again.
-	 */
-	memset(pgdat, 0, sizeof(*pgdat));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_offline_node);