diff --git a/drivers/xen/balloon.c b/drivers/xen/balloon.c
index d107447c47de..39b229f9e256 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/balloon.c
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ static void xen_online_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
 	for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
 		p = pfn_to_page(start_pfn + i);
 		__online_page_set_limits(p);
+		__SetPageOffline(p);
 		__balloon_append(p);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&balloon_mutex);
@@ -446,6 +447,7 @@ static enum bp_state increase_reservation(unsigned long nr_pages)
 		xenmem_reservation_va_mapping_update(1, &page, &frame_list[i]);
 
 		/* Relinquish the page back to the allocator. */
+		__ClearPageOffline(page);
 		free_reserved_page(page);
 	}
 
@@ -472,6 +474,7 @@ static enum bp_state decrease_reservation(unsigned long nr_pages, gfp_t gfp)
 			state = BP_EAGAIN;
 			break;
 		}
+		__SetPageOffline(page);
 		adjust_managed_page_count(page, -1);
 		xenmem_reservation_scrub_page(page);
 		list_add(&page->lru, &pages);