diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 356a814e7c8e..c8f89417740b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -1094,8 +1094,14 @@ static inline unsigned long early_pfn_to_nid(unsigned long pfn)
 #error Allocator MAX_ORDER exceeds SECTION_SIZE
 #endif
 
-#define pfn_to_section_nr(pfn) ((pfn) >> PFN_SECTION_SHIFT)
-#define section_nr_to_pfn(sec) ((sec) << PFN_SECTION_SHIFT)
+static inline unsigned long pfn_to_section_nr(unsigned long pfn)
+{
+	return pfn >> PFN_SECTION_SHIFT;
+}
+static inline unsigned long section_nr_to_pfn(unsigned long sec)
+{
+	return sec << PFN_SECTION_SHIFT;
+}
 
 #define SECTION_ALIGN_UP(pfn)	(((pfn) + PAGES_PER_SECTION - 1) & PAGE_SECTION_MASK)
 #define SECTION_ALIGN_DOWN(pfn)	((pfn) & PAGE_SECTION_MASK)
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 23d5bd968950..efd1ad37bb57 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ static int __remove_section(struct zone *zone, struct mem_section *ms,
 		return ret;
 
 	scn_nr = __section_nr(ms);
-	start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(scn_nr);
+	start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn((unsigned long)scn_nr);
 	__remove_zone(zone, start_pfn);
 
 	sparse_remove_one_section(zone, ms, map_offset);