diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index c9d3a49bd4e2..9cd25b19e111 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -459,70 +459,25 @@ static void shrink_zone_span(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn,
 	zone_span_writeunlock(zone);
 }
 
-static void shrink_pgdat_span(struct pglist_data *pgdat,
-			      unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
+static void update_pgdat_span(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
 {
-	unsigned long pgdat_start_pfn = pgdat->node_start_pfn;
-	unsigned long p = pgdat_end_pfn(pgdat); /* pgdat_end_pfn namespace clash */
-	unsigned long pgdat_end_pfn = p;
-	unsigned long pfn;
-	struct mem_section *ms;
-	int nid = pgdat->node_id;
+	unsigned long node_start_pfn = 0, node_end_pfn = 0;
+	struct zone *zone;
 
-	if (pgdat_start_pfn == start_pfn) {
-		/*
-		 * If the section is smallest section in the pgdat, it need
-		 * shrink pgdat->node_start_pfn and pgdat->node_spanned_pages.
-		 * In this case, we find second smallest valid mem_section
-		 * for shrinking zone.
-		 */
-		pfn = find_smallest_section_pfn(nid, NULL, end_pfn,
-						pgdat_end_pfn);
-		if (pfn) {
-			pgdat->node_start_pfn = pfn;
-			pgdat->node_spanned_pages = pgdat_end_pfn - pfn;
-		}
-	} else if (pgdat_end_pfn == end_pfn) {
-		/*
-		 * If the section is biggest section in the pgdat, it need
-		 * shrink pgdat->node_spanned_pages.
-		 * In this case, we find second biggest valid mem_section for
-		 * shrinking zone.
-		 */
-		pfn = find_biggest_section_pfn(nid, NULL, pgdat_start_pfn,
-					       start_pfn);
-		if (pfn)
-			pgdat->node_spanned_pages = pfn - pgdat_start_pfn + 1;
+	for (zone = pgdat->node_zones;
+	     zone < pgdat->node_zones + MAX_NR_ZONES; zone++) {
+		unsigned long zone_end_pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn +
+					     zone->spanned_pages;
+
+		/* No need to lock the zones, they can't change. */
+		if (zone_end_pfn > node_end_pfn)
+			node_end_pfn = zone_end_pfn;
+		if (zone->zone_start_pfn < node_start_pfn)
+			node_start_pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * If the section is not biggest or smallest mem_section in the pgdat,
-	 * it only creates a hole in the pgdat. So in this case, we need not
-	 * change the pgdat.
-	 * But perhaps, the pgdat has only hole data. Thus it check the pgdat
-	 * has only hole or not.
-	 */
-	pfn = pgdat_start_pfn;
-	for (; pfn < pgdat_end_pfn; pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION) {
-		ms = __pfn_to_section(pfn);
-
-		if (unlikely(!valid_section(ms)))
-			continue;
-
-		if (pfn_to_nid(pfn) != nid)
-			continue;
-
-		 /* If the section is current section, it continues the loop */
-		if (start_pfn == pfn)
-			continue;
-
-		/* If we find valid section, we have nothing to do */
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/* The pgdat has no valid section */
-	pgdat->node_start_pfn = 0;
-	pgdat->node_spanned_pages = 0;
+	pgdat->node_start_pfn = node_start_pfn;
+	pgdat->node_spanned_pages = node_end_pfn - node_start_pfn;
 }
 
 static void __remove_zone(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn)
@@ -533,7 +488,7 @@ static void __remove_zone(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn)
 
 	pgdat_resize_lock(zone->zone_pgdat, &flags);
 	shrink_zone_span(zone, start_pfn, start_pfn + nr_pages);
-	shrink_pgdat_span(pgdat, start_pfn, start_pfn + nr_pages);
+	update_pgdat_span(pgdat);
 	pgdat_resize_unlock(zone->zone_pgdat, &flags);
 }