diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 39da3812bf47..947ba4fc8124 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ static struct zone *default_kernel_zone_for_pfn(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn
 	struct pglist_data *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
 	int zid;
 
-	for (zid = 0; zid <= ZONE_NORMAL; zid++) {
+	for (zid = 0; zid < ZONE_NORMAL; zid++) {
 		struct zone *zone = &pgdat->node_zones[zid];
 
 		if (zone_intersects(zone, start_pfn, nr_pages))