diff --git a/include/linux/page-isolation.h b/include/linux/page-isolation.h
index 4eb26d278046..280ae96dc4c3 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-isolation.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-isolation.h
@@ -41,16 +41,6 @@ int move_freepages_block(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
 
 /*
  * Changes migrate type in [start_pfn, end_pfn) to be MIGRATE_ISOLATE.
- * If specified range includes migrate types other than MOVABLE or CMA,
- * this will fail with -EBUSY.
- *
- * For isolating all pages in the range finally, the caller have to
- * free all pages in the range. test_page_isolated() can be used for
- * test it.
- *
- * The following flags are allowed (they can be combined in a bit mask)
- * SKIP_HWPOISON - ignore hwpoison pages
- * REPORT_FAILURE - report details about the failure to isolate the range
  */
 int
 start_isolate_page_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn,
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index f767582af4f8..0e0a16021fd5 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
 {
 	unsigned long pfn, nr_pages;
 	long offlined_pages;
-	int ret, node;
+	int ret, node, nr_isolate_pageblock;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned long valid_start, valid_end;
 	struct zone *zone;
@@ -1602,10 +1602,11 @@ static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
 	ret = start_isolate_page_range(start_pfn, end_pfn,
 				       MIGRATE_MOVABLE,
 				       SKIP_HWPOISON | REPORT_FAILURE);
-	if (ret) {
+	if (ret < 0) {
 		reason = "failure to isolate range";
 		goto failed_removal;
 	}
+	nr_isolate_pageblock = ret;
 
 	arg.start_pfn = start_pfn;
 	arg.nr_pages = nr_pages;
@@ -1657,8 +1658,16 @@ static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
 	/* Ok, all of our target is isolated.
 	   We cannot do rollback at this point. */
 	offline_isolated_pages(start_pfn, end_pfn);
-	/* reset pagetype flags and makes migrate type to be MOVABLE */
-	undo_isolate_page_range(start_pfn, end_pfn, MIGRATE_MOVABLE);
+
+	/*
+	 * Onlining will reset pagetype flags and makes migrate type
+	 * MOVABLE, so just need to decrease the number of isolated
+	 * pageblocks zone counter here.
+	 */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lock, flags);
+	zone->nr_isolate_pageblock -= nr_isolate_pageblock;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
+
 	/* removal success */
 	adjust_managed_page_count(pfn_to_page(start_pfn), -offlined_pages);
 	zone->present_pages -= offlined_pages;
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 03fcf73d47da..d96ca5bc555b 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -8233,7 +8233,7 @@ int alloc_contig_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 
 	ret = start_isolate_page_range(pfn_max_align_down(start),
 				       pfn_max_align_up(end), migratetype, 0);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/mm/page_isolation.c b/mm/page_isolation.c
index ce323e56b34d..bf4159d771c7 100644
--- a/mm/page_isolation.c
+++ b/mm/page_isolation.c
@@ -160,27 +160,36 @@ __first_valid_page(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-/*
- * start_isolate_page_range() -- make page-allocation-type of range of pages
- * to be MIGRATE_ISOLATE.
- * @start_pfn: The lower PFN of the range to be isolated.
- * @end_pfn: The upper PFN of the range to be isolated.
- * @migratetype: migrate type to set in error recovery.
+/**
+ * start_isolate_page_range() - make page-allocation-type of range of pages to
+ * be MIGRATE_ISOLATE.
+ * @start_pfn:		The lower PFN of the range to be isolated.
+ * @end_pfn:		The upper PFN of the range to be isolated.
+ *			start_pfn/end_pfn must be aligned to pageblock_order.
+ * @migratetype:	Migrate type to set in error recovery.
+ * @flags:		The following flags are allowed (they can be combined in
+ *			a bit mask)
+ *			SKIP_HWPOISON - ignore hwpoison pages
+ *			REPORT_FAILURE - report details about the failure to
+ *			isolate the range
  *
  * Making page-allocation-type to be MIGRATE_ISOLATE means free pages in
  * the range will never be allocated. Any free pages and pages freed in the
- * future will not be allocated again.
- *
- * start_pfn/end_pfn must be aligned to pageblock_order.
- * Return 0 on success and -EBUSY if any part of range cannot be isolated.
+ * future will not be allocated again. If specified range includes migrate types
+ * other than MOVABLE or CMA, this will fail with -EBUSY. For isolating all
+ * pages in the range finally, the caller have to free all pages in the range.
+ * test_page_isolated() can be used for test it.
  *
  * There is no high level synchronization mechanism that prevents two threads
- * from trying to isolate overlapping ranges.  If this happens, one thread
+ * from trying to isolate overlapping ranges. If this happens, one thread
  * will notice pageblocks in the overlapping range already set to isolate.
  * This happens in set_migratetype_isolate, and set_migratetype_isolate
- * returns an error.  We then clean up by restoring the migration type on
- * pageblocks we may have modified and return -EBUSY to caller.  This
+ * returns an error. We then clean up by restoring the migration type on
+ * pageblocks we may have modified and return -EBUSY to caller. This
  * prevents two threads from simultaneously working on overlapping ranges.
+ *
+ * Return: the number of isolated pageblocks on success and -EBUSY if any part
+ * of range cannot be isolated.
  */
 int start_isolate_page_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn,
 			     unsigned migratetype, int flags)
@@ -188,6 +197,7 @@ int start_isolate_page_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn,
 	unsigned long pfn;
 	unsigned long undo_pfn;
 	struct page *page;
+	int nr_isolate_pageblock = 0;
 
 	BUG_ON(!IS_ALIGNED(start_pfn, pageblock_nr_pages));
 	BUG_ON(!IS_ALIGNED(end_pfn, pageblock_nr_pages));
@@ -196,13 +206,15 @@ int start_isolate_page_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn,
 	     pfn < end_pfn;
 	     pfn += pageblock_nr_pages) {
 		page = __first_valid_page(pfn, pageblock_nr_pages);
-		if (page &&
-		    set_migratetype_isolate(page, migratetype, flags)) {
-			undo_pfn = pfn;
-			goto undo;
+		if (page) {
+			if (set_migratetype_isolate(page, migratetype, flags)) {
+				undo_pfn = pfn;
+				goto undo;
+			}
+			nr_isolate_pageblock++;
 		}
 	}
-	return 0;
+	return nr_isolate_pageblock;
 undo:
 	for (pfn = start_pfn;
 	     pfn < undo_pfn;
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 69904aa6165b..56e057c432f9 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ void online_mem_sections(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
-/* Mark all memory sections within the pfn range as online */
+/* Mark all memory sections within the pfn range as offline */
 void offline_mem_sections(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 {
 	unsigned long pfn;