diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index e73383450240..2169a4db6781 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3351,7 +3351,7 @@
 			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
 			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
 			set according to the
-			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
+			CONFIG_MHP_DEFAULT_ONLINE_TYPE kernel config
 			option.
 			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst
index cb2c080f400c..aa5e703233e7 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ The following files are currently defined:
 		       blocks; configure auto-onlining.
 
 		       The default value depends on the
-		       CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel configuration
+		       CONFIG_MHP_DEFAULT_ONLINE_TYPE kernel configuration
 		       option.
 
 		       See the ``state`` property of memory blocks for details.
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/configs/loongson3_defconfig b/arch/loongarch/configs/loongson3_defconfig
index 4dffc90192f7..ffc3514b8a00 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/configs/loongson3_defconfig
+++ b/arch/loongarch/configs/loongson3_defconfig
@@ -113,7 +113,11 @@ CONFIG_ZBUD=y
 CONFIG_ZSMALLOC=m
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
 CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=y
-CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE=y
+# CONFIG_MHP_DEFAULT_ONLINE_TYPE_OFFLINE is not set
+CONFIG_MHP_DEFAULT_ONLINE_TYPE_AUTO=y
+# CONFIG_MHP_DEFAULT_ONLINE_TYPE_KERNEL is not set
+# CONFIG_MHP_DEFAULT_ONLINE_TYPE_MOVABLE is not set
+CONFIG_MHP_DEFAULT_ONLINE_TYPE="online"
 CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE=y
 CONFIG_KSM=y
 CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE=y
diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 67858eeb92ed..348c5dbbfa68 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ static ssize_t auto_online_blocks_show(struct device *dev,
 				       struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n",
-			  online_type_to_str[mhp_default_online_type]);
+			  online_type_to_str[mhp_get_default_online_type()]);
 }
 
 static ssize_t auto_online_blocks_store(struct device *dev,
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ static ssize_t auto_online_blocks_store(struct device *dev,
 	if (online_type < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	mhp_default_online_type = online_type;
+	mhp_set_default_online_type(online_type);
 	return count;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
index b27ddce5d324..eaac5ae8c05c 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
@@ -144,8 +144,6 @@ extern u64 max_mem_size;
 
 extern int mhp_online_type_from_str(const char *str);
 
-/* Default online_type (MMOP_*) when new memory blocks are added. */
-extern int mhp_default_online_type;
 /* If movable_node boot option specified */
 extern bool movable_node_enabled;
 static inline bool movable_node_is_enabled(void)
@@ -303,6 +301,9 @@ static inline void __remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size) {}
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
+/* Default online_type (MMOP_*) when new memory blocks are added. */
+extern int mhp_get_default_online_type(void);
+extern void mhp_set_default_online_type(int online_type);
 extern void __ref free_area_init_core_hotplug(struct pglist_data *pgdat);
 extern int __add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, mhp_t mhp_flags);
 extern int add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, mhp_t mhp_flags);
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index 7949ab121070..29107df78275 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -550,20 +550,70 @@ menuconfig MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 
 if MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 
-config MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE
-	bool "Online the newly added memory blocks by default"
-	depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
+choice
+	prompt "Memory Hotplug Default Online Type"
+	default MHP_DEFAULT_ONLINE_TYPE_OFFLINE
 	help
+	  Default memory type for driver managed hotplug memory.
+
 	  This option sets the default policy setting for memory hotplug
 	  onlining policy (/sys/devices/system/memory/auto_online_blocks) which
 	  determines what happens to newly added memory regions. Policy setting
 	  can always be changed at runtime.
+
+	  The default is 'offline'.
+
+	  Select offline to defer onlining to drivers and user policy.
+	  Select auto to let the kernel choose what zones to utilize.
+	  Select online_kernel to generally allow kernel usage of this memory.
+	  Select online_movable to generally disallow kernel usage of this memory.
+
+	  Example kernel usage would be page structs and page tables.
+
 	  See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst for more information.
 
-	  Say Y here if you want all hot-plugged memory blocks to appear in
-	  'online' state by default.
-	  Say N here if you want the default policy to keep all hot-plugged
-	  memory blocks in 'offline' state.
+config MHP_DEFAULT_ONLINE_TYPE_OFFLINE
+	bool "offline"
+	help
+	  Driver managed memory will not be onlined by default.
+	  Choose this for systems with drivers and user policy that
+	  handle onlining of hotplug memory policy.
+
+config MHP_DEFAULT_ONLINE_TYPE_ONLINE_AUTO
+	bool "auto"
+	help
+	  Select this if you want the kernel to automatically online
+	  memory into the zone it thinks is reasonable. This memory
+	  may be utilized for kernel data (e.g. page tables).
+
+config MHP_DEFAULT_ONLINE_TYPE_ONLINE_KERNEL
+	bool "kernel"
+	help
+	  Select this if you want the kernel to automatically online
+	  hotplug memory into a zone capable of being used for kernel
+	  data (e.g. page tables). This typically means ZONE_NORMAL.
+
+config MHP_DEFAULT_ONLINE_TYPE_ONLINE_MOVABLE
+	bool "movable"
+	help
+	  Select this if you want the kernel to automatically online
+	  hotplug memory into ZONE_MOVABLE. This memory will generally
+	  not be utilized for kernel data (e.g. page tables).
+
+	  This should only be used when the admin knows sufficient
+	  ZONE_NORMAL memory is available to describe hotplug memory,
+	  otherwise hotplug memory may fail to online. For example,
+	  sufficient kernel-capable memory (ZONE_NORMAL) must be
+	  available to allocate page structs to describe ZONE_MOVABLE.
+
+endchoice
+
+config MHP_DEFAULT_ONLINE_TYPE
+       string
+       default "offline" if MHP_DEFAULT_ONLINE_TYPE_OFFLINE
+       default "online" if MHP_DEFAULT_ONLINE_TYPE_ONLINE_AUTO
+       default "online_kernel" if MHP_DEFAULT_ONLINE_TYPE_ONLINE_KERNEL
+       default "online_movable" if MHP_DEFAULT_ONLINE_TYPE_ONLINE_MOVABLE
 
 config MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
 	bool "Allow for memory hot remove"
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 3b6f93962481..11421accaff9 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -219,11 +219,26 @@ void put_online_mems(void)
 
 bool movable_node_enabled = false;
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE
-int mhp_default_online_type = MMOP_OFFLINE;
-#else
-int mhp_default_online_type = MMOP_ONLINE;
-#endif
+static int mhp_default_online_type = -1;
+int mhp_get_default_online_type(void)
+{
+	int type;
+
+	if (mhp_default_online_type >= 0)
+		return mhp_default_online_type;
+
+	type = mhp_online_type_from_str(CONFIG_MHP_DEFAULT_ONLINE_TYPE);
+	if (type < 0)
+		type = MMOP_OFFLINE;
+
+	mhp_default_online_type = type;
+	return mhp_default_online_type;
+}
+
+void mhp_set_default_online_type(int online_type)
+{
+	mhp_default_online_type = online_type;
+}
 
 static int __init setup_memhp_default_state(char *str)
 {
@@ -1328,7 +1343,7 @@ static int check_hotplug_memory_range(u64 start, u64 size)
 
 static int online_memory_block(struct memory_block *mem, void *arg)
 {
-	mem->online_type = mhp_default_online_type;
+	mem->online_type = mhp_get_default_online_type();
 	return device_online(&mem->dev);
 }
 
@@ -1575,7 +1590,7 @@ int add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *res, mhp_t mhp_flags)
 		merge_system_ram_resource(res);
 
 	/* online pages if requested */
-	if (mhp_default_online_type != MMOP_OFFLINE)
+	if (mhp_get_default_online_type() != MMOP_OFFLINE)
 		walk_memory_blocks(start, size, NULL, online_memory_block);
 
 	return ret;
