diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index c8a1cb0b61361f63088ecb940c0ca8dc7dee67cf..817320c7c4c1b72cf248b73a184bc8dee6ef28ac 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -416,26 +416,24 @@ static ssize_t show_valid_zones(struct device *dev,
 	struct zone *default_zone;
 	int nid;
 
-	/*
-	 * The block contains more than one zone can not be offlined.
-	 * This can happen e.g. for ZONE_DMA and ZONE_DMA32
-	 */
-	if (!test_pages_in_a_zone(start_pfn, start_pfn + nr_pages, &valid_start_pfn, &valid_end_pfn))
-		return sprintf(buf, "none\n");
-
-	start_pfn = valid_start_pfn;
-	nr_pages = valid_end_pfn - start_pfn;
-
 	/*
 	 * Check the existing zone. Make sure that we do that only on the
 	 * online nodes otherwise the page_zone is not reliable
 	 */
 	if (mem->state == MEM_ONLINE) {
+		/*
+		 * The block contains more than one zone can not be offlined.
+		 * This can happen e.g. for ZONE_DMA and ZONE_DMA32
+		 */
+		if (!test_pages_in_a_zone(start_pfn, start_pfn + nr_pages,
+					  &valid_start_pfn, &valid_end_pfn))
+			return sprintf(buf, "none\n");
+		start_pfn = valid_start_pfn;
 		strcat(buf, page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn))->name);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	nid = pfn_to_nid(start_pfn);
+	nid = mem->nid;
 	default_zone = zone_for_pfn_range(MMOP_ONLINE_KEEP, nid, start_pfn, nr_pages);
 	strcat(buf, default_zone->name);