diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 3b4975815141..6837a1014372 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -324,11 +324,11 @@ int __remove_pages(struct zone *zone, unsigned long phys_start_pfn,
 	BUG_ON(phys_start_pfn & ~PAGE_SECTION_MASK);
 	BUG_ON(nr_pages % PAGES_PER_SECTION);
 
-	release_mem_region(phys_start_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT, nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE);
-
 	sections_to_remove = nr_pages / PAGES_PER_SECTION;
 	for (i = 0; i < sections_to_remove; i++) {
 		unsigned long pfn = phys_start_pfn + i*PAGES_PER_SECTION;
+		release_mem_region(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT,
+				   PAGES_PER_SECTION << PAGE_SHIFT);
 		ret = __remove_section(zone, __pfn_to_section(pfn));
 		if (ret)
 			break;