diff --git a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt
index 6d0c2519cf47..6e6cbc78f329 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt
@@ -377,15 +377,18 @@ The third argument is passed by pointer of struct memory_notify.
 struct memory_notify {
        unsigned long start_pfn;
        unsigned long nr_pages;
+       int status_change_nid_normal;
        int status_change_nid;
 }
 
 start_pfn is start_pfn of online/offline memory.
 nr_pages is # of pages of online/offline memory.
+status_change_nid_normal is set node id when N_NORMAL_MEMORY of nodemask
+is (will be) set/clear, if this is -1, then nodemask status is not changed.
 status_change_nid is set node id when N_HIGH_MEMORY of nodemask is (will be)
 set/clear. It means a new(memoryless) node gets new memory by online and a
 node loses all memory. If this is -1, then nodemask status is not changed.
-If status_changed_nid >= 0, callback should create/discard structures for the
+If status_changed_nid* >= 0, callback should create/discard structures for the
 node if necessary.
 
 --------------
diff --git a/include/linux/memory.h b/include/linux/memory.h
index ff9a9f8e0ed9..a09216d0dcc7 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ int arch_get_memory_phys_device(unsigned long start_pfn);
 struct memory_notify {
 	unsigned long start_pfn;
 	unsigned long nr_pages;
+	int status_change_nid_normal;
 	int status_change_nid;
 };
 
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index ec2f199cc5f7..72195602ded5 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -460,6 +460,53 @@ static int online_pages_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* check which state of node_states will be changed when online memory */
+static void node_states_check_changes_online(unsigned long nr_pages,
+	struct zone *zone, struct memory_notify *arg)
+{
+	int nid = zone_to_nid(zone);
+	enum zone_type zone_last = ZONE_NORMAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we have HIGHMEM, node_states[N_NORMAL_MEMORY] contains nodes
+	 * which have 0...ZONE_NORMAL, set zone_last to ZONE_NORMAL.
+	 *
+	 * If we don't have HIGHMEM, node_states[N_NORMAL_MEMORY] contains nodes
+	 * which have 0...ZONE_MOVABLE, set zone_last to ZONE_MOVABLE.
+	 */
+	if (N_HIGH_MEMORY == N_NORMAL_MEMORY)
+		zone_last = ZONE_MOVABLE;
+
+	/*
+	 * if the memory to be online is in a zone of 0...zone_last, and
+	 * the zones of 0...zone_last don't have memory before online, we will
+	 * need to set the node to node_states[N_NORMAL_MEMORY] after
+	 * the memory is online.
+	 */
+	if (zone_idx(zone) <= zone_last && !node_state(nid, N_NORMAL_MEMORY))
+		arg->status_change_nid_normal = nid;
+	else
+		arg->status_change_nid_normal = -1;
+
+	/*
+	 * if the node don't have memory befor online, we will need to
+	 * set the node to node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY] after the memory
+	 * is online.
+	 */
+	if (!node_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY))
+		arg->status_change_nid = nid;
+	else
+		arg->status_change_nid = -1;
+}
+
+static void node_states_set_node(int node, struct memory_notify *arg)
+{
+	if (arg->status_change_nid_normal >= 0)
+		node_set_state(node, N_NORMAL_MEMORY);
+
+	node_set_state(node, N_HIGH_MEMORY);
+}
+
 
 int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 {
@@ -471,13 +518,18 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 	struct memory_notify arg;
 
 	lock_memory_hotplug();
+	/*
+	 * This doesn't need a lock to do pfn_to_page().
+	 * The section can't be removed here because of the
+	 * memory_block->state_mutex.
+	 */
+	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(pfn));
+
 	arg.start_pfn = pfn;
 	arg.nr_pages = nr_pages;
-	arg.status_change_nid = -1;
+	node_states_check_changes_online(nr_pages, zone, &arg);
 
 	nid = page_to_nid(pfn_to_page(pfn));
-	if (node_present_pages(nid) == 0)
-		arg.status_change_nid = nid;
 
 	ret = memory_notify(MEM_GOING_ONLINE, &arg);
 	ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
@@ -486,12 +538,6 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 		unlock_memory_hotplug();
 		return ret;
 	}
-	/*
-	 * This doesn't need a lock to do pfn_to_page().
-	 * The section can't be removed here because of the
-	 * memory_block->state_mutex.
-	 */
-	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(pfn));
 	/*
 	 * If this zone is not populated, then it is not in zonelist.
 	 * This means the page allocator ignores this zone.
@@ -521,7 +567,7 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 	zone->present_pages += onlined_pages;
 	zone->zone_pgdat->node_present_pages += onlined_pages;
 	if (onlined_pages) {
-		node_set_state(zone_to_nid(zone), N_HIGH_MEMORY);
+		node_states_set_node(zone_to_nid(zone), &arg);
 		if (need_zonelists_rebuild)
 			build_all_zonelists(NULL, NULL);
 		else
@@ -871,6 +917,67 @@ check_pages_isolated(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 	return offlined;
 }
 
+/* check which state of node_states will be changed when offline memory */
+static void node_states_check_changes_offline(unsigned long nr_pages,
+		struct zone *zone, struct memory_notify *arg)
+{
+	struct pglist_data *pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
+	unsigned long present_pages = 0;
+	enum zone_type zt, zone_last = ZONE_NORMAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we have HIGHMEM, node_states[N_NORMAL_MEMORY] contains nodes
+	 * which have 0...ZONE_NORMAL, set zone_last to ZONE_NORMAL.
+	 *
+	 * If we don't have HIGHMEM, node_states[N_NORMAL_MEMORY] contains nodes
+	 * which have 0...ZONE_MOVABLE, set zone_last to ZONE_MOVABLE.
+	 */
+	if (N_HIGH_MEMORY == N_NORMAL_MEMORY)
+		zone_last = ZONE_MOVABLE;
+
+	/*
+	 * check whether node_states[N_NORMAL_MEMORY] will be changed.
+	 * If the memory to be offline is in a zone of 0...zone_last,
+	 * and it is the last present memory, 0...zone_last will
+	 * become empty after offline , thus we can determind we will
+	 * need to clear the node from node_states[N_NORMAL_MEMORY].
+	 */
+	for (zt = 0; zt <= zone_last; zt++)
+		present_pages += pgdat->node_zones[zt].present_pages;
+	if (zone_idx(zone) <= zone_last && nr_pages >= present_pages)
+		arg->status_change_nid_normal = zone_to_nid(zone);
+	else
+		arg->status_change_nid_normal = -1;
+
+	/*
+	 * node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY] contains nodes which have 0...ZONE_MOVABLE
+	 */
+	zone_last = ZONE_MOVABLE;
+
+	/*
+	 * check whether node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY] will be changed
+	 * If we try to offline the last present @nr_pages from the node,
+	 * we can determind we will need to clear the node from
+	 * node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY].
+	 */
+	for (; zt <= zone_last; zt++)
+		present_pages += pgdat->node_zones[zt].present_pages;
+	if (nr_pages >= present_pages)
+		arg->status_change_nid = zone_to_nid(zone);
+	else
+		arg->status_change_nid = -1;
+}
+
+static void node_states_clear_node(int node, struct memory_notify *arg)
+{
+	if (arg->status_change_nid_normal >= 0)
+		node_clear_state(node, N_NORMAL_MEMORY);
+
+	if ((N_HIGH_MEMORY != N_NORMAL_MEMORY) &&
+	    (arg->status_change_nid >= 0))
+		node_clear_state(node, N_HIGH_MEMORY);
+}
+
 static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
 		  unsigned long end_pfn, unsigned long timeout)
 {
@@ -905,9 +1012,7 @@ static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
 
 	arg.start_pfn = start_pfn;
 	arg.nr_pages = nr_pages;
-	arg.status_change_nid = -1;
-	if (nr_pages >= node_present_pages(node))
-		arg.status_change_nid = node;
+	node_states_check_changes_offline(nr_pages, zone, &arg);
 
 	ret = memory_notify(MEM_GOING_OFFLINE, &arg);
 	ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
@@ -980,10 +1085,9 @@ repeat:
 	} else
 		zone_pcp_update(zone);
 
-	if (!node_present_pages(node)) {
-		node_clear_state(node, N_HIGH_MEMORY);
+	node_states_clear_node(node, &arg);
+	if (arg.status_change_nid >= 0)
 		kswapd_stop(node);
-	}
 
 	vm_total_pages = nr_free_pagecache_pages();
 	writeback_set_ratelimit();