diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index f35298425575..f209925a5d4e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -169,30 +169,41 @@ int memory_notify(unsigned long val, void *v)
 	return blocking_notifier_call_chain(&memory_chain, val, v);
 }
 
+static int memory_block_online(struct memory_block *mem)
+{
+	unsigned long start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem->start_section_nr);
+	unsigned long nr_pages = PAGES_PER_SECTION * sections_per_block;
+
+	return online_pages(start_pfn, nr_pages, mem->online_type, mem->nid);
+}
+
+static int memory_block_offline(struct memory_block *mem)
+{
+	unsigned long start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem->start_section_nr);
+	unsigned long nr_pages = PAGES_PER_SECTION * sections_per_block;
+
+	return offline_pages(start_pfn, nr_pages);
+}
+
 /*
  * MEMORY_HOTPLUG depends on SPARSEMEM in mm/Kconfig, so it is
  * OK to have direct references to sparsemem variables in here.
  */
 static int
-memory_block_action(unsigned long start_section_nr, unsigned long action,
-		    int online_type, int nid)
+memory_block_action(struct memory_block *mem, unsigned long action)
 {
-	unsigned long start_pfn;
-	unsigned long nr_pages = PAGES_PER_SECTION * sections_per_block;
 	int ret;
 
-	start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(start_section_nr);
-
 	switch (action) {
 	case MEM_ONLINE:
-		ret = online_pages(start_pfn, nr_pages, online_type, nid);
+		ret = memory_block_online(mem);
 		break;
 	case MEM_OFFLINE:
-		ret = offline_pages(start_pfn, nr_pages);
+		ret = memory_block_offline(mem);
 		break;
 	default:
 		WARN(1, KERN_WARNING "%s(%ld, %ld) unknown action: "
-		     "%ld\n", __func__, start_section_nr, action, action);
+		     "%ld\n", __func__, mem->start_section_nr, action, action);
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -210,9 +221,7 @@ static int memory_block_change_state(struct memory_block *mem,
 	if (to_state == MEM_OFFLINE)
 		mem->state = MEM_GOING_OFFLINE;
 
-	ret = memory_block_action(mem->start_section_nr, to_state,
-				  mem->online_type, mem->nid);
-
+	ret = memory_block_action(mem, to_state);
 	mem->state = ret ? from_state_req : to_state;
 
 	return ret;