diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 3a0a87e7c40a..413f6709039a 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -321,12 +321,8 @@ static unsigned long find_smallest_section_pfn(int nid, struct zone *zone,
 				     unsigned long start_pfn,
 				     unsigned long end_pfn)
 {
-	struct mem_section *ms;
-
 	for (; start_pfn < end_pfn; start_pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION) {
-		ms = __pfn_to_section(start_pfn);
-
-		if (unlikely(!valid_section(ms)))
+		if (unlikely(!pfn_to_online_page(start_pfn)))
 			continue;
 
 		if (unlikely(pfn_to_nid(start_pfn) != nid))
@@ -346,15 +342,12 @@ static unsigned long find_biggest_section_pfn(int nid, struct zone *zone,
 				    unsigned long start_pfn,
 				    unsigned long end_pfn)
 {
-	struct mem_section *ms;
 	unsigned long pfn;
 
 	/* pfn is the end pfn of a memory section. */
 	pfn = end_pfn - 1;
 	for (; pfn >= start_pfn; pfn -= PAGES_PER_SECTION) {
-		ms = __pfn_to_section(pfn);
-
-		if (unlikely(!valid_section(ms)))
+		if (unlikely(!pfn_to_online_page(pfn)))
 			continue;
 
 		if (unlikely(pfn_to_nid(pfn) != nid))
@@ -376,7 +369,6 @@ static void shrink_zone_span(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn,
 	unsigned long z = zone_end_pfn(zone); /* zone_end_pfn namespace clash */
 	unsigned long zone_end_pfn = z;
 	unsigned long pfn;
-	struct mem_section *ms;
 	int nid = zone_to_nid(zone);
 
 	zone_span_writelock(zone);
@@ -414,9 +406,7 @@ static void shrink_zone_span(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn,
 	 */
 	pfn = zone_start_pfn;
 	for (; pfn < zone_end_pfn; pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION) {
-		ms = __pfn_to_section(pfn);
-
-		if (unlikely(!valid_section(ms)))
+		if (unlikely(!pfn_to_online_page(pfn)))
 			continue;
 
 		if (page_zone(pfn_to_page(pfn)) != zone)
@@ -472,6 +462,16 @@ static void __remove_zone(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn)
 	int nr_pages = PAGES_PER_SECTION;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DEVICE
+	/*
+	 * Zone shrinking code cannot properly deal with ZONE_DEVICE. So
+	 * we will not try to shrink the zones - which is okay as
+	 * set_zone_contiguous() cannot deal with ZONE_DEVICE either way.
+	 */
+	if (zone_idx(zone) == ZONE_DEVICE)
+		return;
+#endif
+
 	pgdat_resize_lock(zone->zone_pgdat, &flags);
 	shrink_zone_span(zone, start_pfn, start_pfn + nr_pages);
 	update_pgdat_span(pgdat);