diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 3ad25f9..6a5b90d 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -126,9 +126,6 @@
 	struct mem_section *ms;
 	struct page *page, *memmap;
 
-	if (!pfn_valid(start_pfn))
-		return;
-
 	section_nr = pfn_to_section_nr(start_pfn);
 	ms = __nr_to_section(section_nr);
 
@@ -187,9 +184,16 @@
 	end_pfn = pfn + pgdat->node_spanned_pages;
 
 	/* register_section info */
-	for (; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION)
-		register_page_bootmem_info_section(pfn);
-
+	for (; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION) {
+		/*
+		 * Some platforms can assign the same pfn to multiple nodes - on
+		 * node0 as well as nodeN.  To avoid registering a pfn against
+		 * multiple nodes we check that this pfn does not already
+		 * reside in some other node.
+		 */
+		if (pfn_valid(pfn) && (pfn_to_nid(pfn) == node))
+			register_page_bootmem_info_section(pfn);
+	}
 }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */