diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/init.c b/arch/ia64/mm/init.c
index 778781e5f22e..79e5cc70f1fd 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/init.c
@@ -666,9 +666,7 @@ void arch_remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
 {
 	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	struct zone *zone;
 
-	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn));
-	__remove_pages(zone, start_pfn, nr_pages, altmap);
+	__remove_pages(start_pfn, nr_pages, altmap);
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index 84c6d37638a7..84a012e42a7e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -144,18 +144,9 @@ void __ref arch_remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
 {
 	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	struct page *page;
 	int ret;
 
-	/*
-	 * If we have an altmap then we need to skip over any reserved PFNs
-	 * when querying the zone.
-	 */
-	page = pfn_to_page(start_pfn);
-	if (altmap)
-		page += vmem_altmap_offset(altmap);
-
-	__remove_pages(page_zone(page), start_pfn, nr_pages, altmap);
+	__remove_pages(start_pfn, nr_pages, altmap);
 
 	/* Remove htab bolted mappings for this section of memory */
 	start = (unsigned long)__va(start);
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/init.c b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
index e0b0788cfecb..379a925d9e82 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
@@ -244,10 +244,8 @@ void arch_remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
 {
 	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	struct zone *zone;
 
-	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn));
-	__remove_pages(zone, start_pfn, nr_pages, altmap);
+	__remove_pages(start_pfn, nr_pages, altmap);
 	vmem_remove_mapping(start, size);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/init.c b/arch/sh/mm/init.c
index 0da784ac0e34..47882be91121 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/init.c
@@ -448,9 +448,7 @@ void arch_remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
 {
 	unsigned long start_pfn = PFN_DOWN(start);
 	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	struct zone *zone;
 
-	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn));
-	__remove_pages(zone, start_pfn, nr_pages, altmap);
+	__remove_pages(start_pfn, nr_pages, altmap);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
index 64f54f77052b..79b95910fd9f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -865,10 +865,8 @@ void arch_remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
 {
 	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	struct zone *zone;
 
-	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn));
-	__remove_pages(zone, start_pfn, nr_pages, altmap);
+	__remove_pages(start_pfn, nr_pages, altmap);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 50df7ca142f9..81e85a8dd300 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -1146,14 +1146,8 @@ void __ref arch_remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
 {
 	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	struct page *page = pfn_to_page(start_pfn);
-	struct zone *zone;
 
-	/* With altmap the first mapped page is offset from @start */
-	if (altmap)
-		page += vmem_altmap_offset(altmap);
-	zone = page_zone(page);
-	__remove_pages(zone, start_pfn, nr_pages, altmap);
+	__remove_pages(start_pfn, nr_pages, altmap);
 	kernel_physical_mapping_remove(start, start + size);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
index 26bda048f8a7..d17d45c41a0b 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ static inline bool movable_node_is_enabled(void)
 
 extern void arch_remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
 			       struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
-extern void __remove_pages(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn,
-			   unsigned long nr_pages, struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
+extern void __remove_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
+			   struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
 
 /* reasonably generic interface to expand the physical pages */
 extern int __add_pages(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
@@ -331,6 +331,9 @@ extern int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
 		struct vmem_altmap *altmap, bool want_memblock);
 extern void move_pfn_range_to_zone(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn,
 		unsigned long nr_pages, struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
+extern void remove_pfn_range_from_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 int sparse_add_one_section(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn,
diff --git a/kernel/memremap.c b/kernel/memremap.c
index 1ec1f8fd97f5..331baad8efec 100644
--- a/kernel/memremap.c
+++ b/kernel/memremap.c
@@ -141,8 +141,7 @@ static void devm_memremap_pages_release(void *data)
 	mem_hotplug_begin();
 	if (pgmap->type == MEMORY_DEVICE_PRIVATE) {
 		pfn = align_start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-		__remove_pages(page_zone(first_page), pfn,
-			       align_size >> PAGE_SHIFT, NULL);
+		__remove_pages(pfn, align_size >> PAGE_SHIFT, NULL);
 	} else {
 		arch_remove_memory(nid, align_start, align_size,
 				pgmap->altmap_valid ? &pgmap->altmap : NULL);
diff --git a/mm/hmm.c b/mm/hmm.c
index ae1f6ad46d30..c482c07bbab7 100644
--- a/mm/hmm.c
+++ b/mm/hmm.c
@@ -997,7 +997,6 @@ static void hmm_devmem_release(void *data)
 	struct hmm_devmem *devmem = data;
 	struct resource *resource = devmem->resource;
 	unsigned long start_pfn, npages;
-	struct zone *zone;
 	struct page *page;
 	int nid;
 
@@ -1006,12 +1005,11 @@ static void hmm_devmem_release(void *data)
 	npages = ALIGN(resource_size(resource), PA_SECTION_SIZE) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 	page = pfn_to_page(start_pfn);
-	zone = page_zone(page);
 	nid = page_to_nid(page);
 
 	mem_hotplug_begin();
 	if (resource->desc == IORES_DESC_DEVICE_PRIVATE_MEMORY)
-		__remove_pages(zone, start_pfn, npages, NULL);
+		__remove_pages(start_pfn, npages, NULL);
 	else
 		arch_remove_memory(nid, start_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT,
 				   npages << PAGE_SHIFT, NULL);
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 7ab34360920b..abc10dcbc9d5 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -449,10 +449,11 @@ static void update_pgdat_span(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
 	pgdat->node_spanned_pages = node_end_pfn - node_start_pfn;
 }
 
-static void __remove_zone(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn)
+void __ref remove_pfn_range_from_zone(struct zone *zone,
+				      unsigned long start_pfn,
+				      unsigned long nr_pages)
 {
 	struct pglist_data *pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
-	int nr_pages = PAGES_PER_SECTION;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DEVICE
@@ -465,14 +466,17 @@ static void __remove_zone(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn)
 		return;
 #endif
 
+	clear_zone_contiguous(zone);
+
 	pgdat_resize_lock(zone->zone_pgdat, &flags);
 	shrink_zone_span(zone, start_pfn, start_pfn + nr_pages);
 	update_pgdat_span(pgdat);
 	pgdat_resize_unlock(zone->zone_pgdat, &flags);
+
+	set_zone_contiguous(zone);
 }
 
-static void __remove_section(struct zone *zone, struct mem_section *ms,
-			     unsigned long map_offset,
+static void __remove_section(struct mem_section *ms, unsigned long map_offset,
 			     struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
 {
 	unsigned long start_pfn;
@@ -483,14 +487,12 @@ static void __remove_section(struct zone *zone, struct mem_section *ms,
 
 	scn_nr = __section_nr(ms);
 	start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn((unsigned long)scn_nr);
-	__remove_zone(zone, start_pfn);
 
 	sparse_remove_one_section(ms, map_offset, altmap);
 }
 
 /**
- * __remove_pages() - remove sections of pages from a zone
- * @zone: zone from which pages need to be removed
+ * __remove_pages() - remove sections of pages
  * @phys_start_pfn: starting pageframe (must be aligned to start of a section)
  * @nr_pages: number of pages to remove (must be multiple of section size)
  * @altmap: alternative device page map or %NULL if default memmap is used
@@ -500,8 +502,8 @@ static void __remove_section(struct zone *zone, struct mem_section *ms,
  * sure that pages are marked reserved and zones are adjust properly by
  * calling offline_pages().
  */
-void __remove_pages(struct zone *zone, unsigned long phys_start_pfn,
-		    unsigned long nr_pages, struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
+void __remove_pages(unsigned long phys_start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
+		    struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
 {
 	unsigned long i;
 	unsigned long map_offset = 0;
@@ -510,8 +512,6 @@ void __remove_pages(struct zone *zone, unsigned long phys_start_pfn,
 	if (altmap)
 		map_offset = vmem_altmap_offset(altmap);
 
-	clear_zone_contiguous(zone);
-
 	/*
 	 * We can only remove entire sections
 	 */
@@ -523,12 +523,9 @@ void __remove_pages(struct zone *zone, unsigned long phys_start_pfn,
 		unsigned long pfn = phys_start_pfn + i*PAGES_PER_SECTION;
 
 		cond_resched();
-		__remove_section(zone, __pfn_to_section(pfn), map_offset,
-				 altmap);
+		__remove_section(__pfn_to_section(pfn), map_offset, altmap);
 		map_offset = 0;
 	}
-
-	set_zone_contiguous(zone);
 }
 
 int set_online_page_callback(online_page_callback_t callback)
@@ -898,6 +895,7 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, int online_typ
 		 (unsigned long long) pfn << PAGE_SHIFT,
 		 (((unsigned long long) pfn + nr_pages) << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1);
 	memory_notify(MEM_CANCEL_ONLINE, &arg);
+	remove_pfn_range_from_zone(zone, pfn, nr_pages);
 	mem_hotplug_done();
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1682,6 +1680,7 @@ static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
 	writeback_set_ratelimit();
 
 	memory_notify(MEM_OFFLINE, &arg);
+	remove_pfn_range_from_zone(zone, start_pfn, nr_pages);
 	mem_hotplug_done();
 	return 0;