diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
index 33867ec4a234..9d6a8effeda2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/memory.h>
+
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
 #include <asm/machdep.h>
 #include <asm/pSeries_reconfig.h>
@@ -20,24 +22,25 @@
 static unsigned long get_memblock_size(void)
 {
 	struct device_node *np;
-	unsigned int memblock_size = 0;
+	unsigned int memblock_size = MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE;
+	struct resource r;
 
 	np = of_find_node_by_path("/ibm,dynamic-reconfiguration-memory");
 	if (np) {
-		const unsigned long *size;
+		const __be64 *size;
 
 		size = of_get_property(np, "ibm,lmb-size", NULL);
-		memblock_size = size ? *size : 0;
-
+		if (size)
+			memblock_size = be64_to_cpup(size);
 		of_node_put(np);
-	} else {
+	} else  if (machine_is(pseries)) {
+		/* This fallback really only applies to pseries */
 		unsigned int memzero_size = 0;
-		const unsigned int *regs;
 
 		np = of_find_node_by_path("/memory@0");
 		if (np) {
-			regs = of_get_property(np, "reg", NULL);
-			memzero_size = regs ? regs[3] : 0;
+			if (!of_address_to_resource(np, 0, &r))
+				memzero_size = resource_size(&r);
 			of_node_put(np);
 		}
 
@@ -50,16 +53,21 @@ static unsigned long get_memblock_size(void)
 			sprintf(buf, "/memory@%x", memzero_size);
 			np = of_find_node_by_path(buf);
 			if (np) {
-				regs = of_get_property(np, "reg", NULL);
-				memblock_size = regs ? regs[3] : 0;
+				if (!of_address_to_resource(np, 0, &r))
+					memblock_size = resource_size(&r);
 				of_node_put(np);
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
 	return memblock_size;
 }
 
+/* WARNING: This is going to override the generic definition whenever
+ * pseries is built-in regardless of what platform is active at boot
+ * time. This is fine for now as this is the only "option" and it
+ * should work everywhere. If not, we'll have to turn this into a
+ * ppc_md. callback
+ */
 unsigned long memory_block_size_bytes(void)
 {
 	return get_memblock_size();
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index d865c4aeec55..bbaaa005bf0e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/poison.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/memory.h>
 #include <linux/memory_hotplug.h>
 #include <linux/nmi.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
@@ -895,8 +896,6 @@ const char *arch_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_UV
-#define MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE   (1 << SECTION_SIZE_BITS)
-
 unsigned long memory_block_size_bytes(void)
 {
 	if (is_uv_system()) {
diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 9f9b2359f718..45d7c8fc73bd 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(mem_sysfs_mutex);
 
 #define MEMORY_CLASS_NAME	"memory"
-#define MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE	(1 << SECTION_SIZE_BITS)
 
 static int sections_per_block;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/memory.h b/include/linux/memory.h
index e1e3b2b84f85..935699b30b7c 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 
+#define MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE     (1 << SECTION_SIZE_BITS)
+
 struct memory_block {
 	unsigned long start_section_nr;
 	unsigned long end_section_nr;