diff --git a/include/linux/page-isolation.h b/include/linux/page-isolation.h
index e14eddf6741a..a4d2687ed4e6 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-isolation.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-isolation.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ int move_freepages_block(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
  */
 int
 start_isolate_page_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn,
+			 unsigned long isolate_start, unsigned long isolate_end,
 			 unsigned migratetype, int flags);
 
 /*
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 0139b77c51d5..5db84c3fa882 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1901,8 +1901,18 @@ int __ref offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
 	zone_pcp_disable(zone);
 	lru_cache_disable();
 
-	/* set above range as isolated */
+	/*
+	 * set above range as isolated
+	 *
+	 * start_pfn and end_pfn are the same as isolate_start and isolate_end,
+	 * because start_pfn and end_pfn are already PAGES_PER_SECTION
+	 * (>= MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES) aligned; if start_pfn is
+	 * pageblock_nr_pages aligned in memmap_on_memory case, there is no
+	 * need to isolate pages before start_pfn, since they are used by
+	 * memmap thus not user visible.
+	 */
 	ret = start_isolate_page_range(start_pfn, end_pfn,
+				       start_pfn, end_pfn,
 				       MIGRATE_MOVABLE,
 				       MEMORY_OFFLINE | REPORT_FAILURE);
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 1d812268c2a9..812cf557b20f 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -9016,7 +9016,7 @@ int alloc_contig_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 	 * put back to page allocator so that buddy can use them.
 	 */
 
-	ret = start_isolate_page_range(pfn_max_align_down(start),
+	ret = start_isolate_page_range(start, end, pfn_max_align_down(start),
 				       pfn_max_align_up(end), migratetype, 0);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/mm/page_isolation.c b/mm/page_isolation.c
index 6c841274bf46..d17ad9a7d4bf 100644
--- a/mm/page_isolation.c
+++ b/mm/page_isolation.c
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 #include <trace/events/page_isolation.h>
 
 /*
- * This function checks whether pageblock includes unmovable pages or not.
+ * This function checks whether pageblock within [start_pfn, end_pfn) includes
+ * unmovable pages or not.
  *
  * PageLRU check without isolation or lru_lock could race so that
  * MIGRATE_MOVABLE block might include unmovable pages. And __PageMovable
@@ -29,11 +30,14 @@
  *
  */
 static struct page *has_unmovable_pages(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
-				 int migratetype, int flags)
+				 int migratetype, int flags,
+				 unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 {
-	unsigned long iter = 0;
-	unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
-	unsigned long offset = pfn % pageblock_nr_pages;
+	unsigned long first_pfn = max(page_to_pfn(page), start_pfn);
+	unsigned long pfn = first_pfn;
+	unsigned long last_pfn = min(ALIGN(pfn + 1, pageblock_nr_pages), end_pfn);
+
+	page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
 
 	if (is_migrate_cma_page(page)) {
 		/*
@@ -47,8 +51,8 @@ static struct page *has_unmovable_pages(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
 		return page;
 	}
 
-	for (; iter < pageblock_nr_pages - offset; iter++) {
-		page = pfn_to_page(pfn + iter);
+	for (pfn = first_pfn; pfn < last_pfn; pfn++) {
+		page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
 
 		/*
 		 * Both, bootmem allocations and memory holes are marked
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ static struct page *has_unmovable_pages(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
 			}
 
 			skip_pages = compound_nr(head) - (page - head);
-			iter += skip_pages - 1;
+			pfn += skip_pages - 1;
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ static struct page *has_unmovable_pages(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
 		 */
 		if (!page_ref_count(page)) {
 			if (PageBuddy(page))
-				iter += (1 << buddy_order(page)) - 1;
+				pfn += (1 << buddy_order(page)) - 1;
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -134,7 +138,13 @@ static struct page *has_unmovable_pages(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static int set_migratetype_isolate(struct page *page, int migratetype, int isol_flags)
+/*
+ * This function set pageblock migratetype to isolate if no unmovable page is
+ * present in [start_pfn, end_pfn). The pageblock must be within
+ * [start_pfn, end_pfn).
+ */
+static int set_migratetype_isolate(struct page *page, int migratetype, int isol_flags,
+			unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 {
 	struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
 	struct page *unmovable;
@@ -156,7 +166,7 @@ static int set_migratetype_isolate(struct page *page, int migratetype, int isol_
 	 * FIXME: Now, memory hotplug doesn't call shrink_slab() by itself.
 	 * We just check MOVABLE pages.
 	 */
-	unmovable = has_unmovable_pages(zone, page, migratetype, isol_flags);
+	unmovable = has_unmovable_pages(zone, page, migratetype, isol_flags, start_pfn, end_pfn);
 	if (!unmovable) {
 		unsigned long nr_pages;
 		int mt = get_pageblock_migratetype(page);
@@ -265,8 +275,12 @@ __first_valid_page(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 /**
  * start_isolate_page_range() - make page-allocation-type of range of pages to
  * be MIGRATE_ISOLATE.
- * @start_pfn:		The lower PFN of the range to be isolated.
- * @end_pfn:		The upper PFN of the range to be isolated.
+ * @start_pfn:		The lower PFN of the range to be checked for
+ *			possibility of isolation.
+ * @end_pfn:		The upper PFN of the range to be checked for
+ *			possibility of isolation.
+ * @isolate_start:		The lower PFN of the range to be isolated.
+ * @isolate_end:		The upper PFN of the range to be isolated.
  *			start_pfn/end_pfn must be aligned to pageblock_order.
  * @migratetype:	Migrate type to set in error recovery.
  * @flags:		The following flags are allowed (they can be combined in
@@ -304,20 +318,19 @@ __first_valid_page(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
  * Return: 0 on success and -EBUSY if any part of range cannot be isolated.
  */
 int start_isolate_page_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn,
+			     unsigned long isolate_start, unsigned long isolate_end,
 			     unsigned migratetype, int flags)
 {
 	unsigned long pfn;
 	struct page *page;
 
-	BUG_ON(!IS_ALIGNED(start_pfn, pageblock_nr_pages));
-	BUG_ON(!IS_ALIGNED(end_pfn, pageblock_nr_pages));
-
-	for (pfn = start_pfn;
-	     pfn < end_pfn;
+	for (pfn = isolate_start;
+	     pfn < isolate_end;
 	     pfn += pageblock_nr_pages) {
 		page = __first_valid_page(pfn, pageblock_nr_pages);
-		if (page && set_migratetype_isolate(page, migratetype, flags)) {
-			undo_isolate_page_range(start_pfn, pfn, migratetype);
+		if (page && set_migratetype_isolate(page, migratetype, flags,
+					start_pfn, end_pfn)) {
+			undo_isolate_page_range(isolate_start, pfn, migratetype);
 			return -EBUSY;
 		}
 	}
