diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/memtrace.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/memtrace.c
index 5e53c1392d3b..eb2e75dac369 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/memtrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/memtrace.c
@@ -70,23 +70,23 @@ static int change_memblock_state(struct memory_block *mem, void *arg)
 /* called with device_hotplug_lock held */
 static bool memtrace_offline_pages(u32 nid, u64 start_pfn, u64 nr_pages)
 {
-	u64 end_pfn = start_pfn + nr_pages - 1;
+	const unsigned long start = PFN_PHYS(start_pfn);
+	const unsigned long size = PFN_PHYS(nr_pages);
 
-	if (walk_memory_range(start_pfn, end_pfn, NULL,
-	    check_memblock_online))
+	if (walk_memory_blocks(start, size, NULL, check_memblock_online))
 		return false;
 
-	walk_memory_range(start_pfn, end_pfn, (void *)MEM_GOING_OFFLINE,
-			  change_memblock_state);
+	walk_memory_blocks(start, size, (void *)MEM_GOING_OFFLINE,
+			   change_memblock_state);
 
 	if (offline_pages(start_pfn, nr_pages)) {
-		walk_memory_range(start_pfn, end_pfn, (void *)MEM_ONLINE,
-				  change_memblock_state);
+		walk_memory_blocks(start, size, (void *)MEM_ONLINE,
+				   change_memblock_state);
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	walk_memory_range(start_pfn, end_pfn, (void *)MEM_OFFLINE,
-			  change_memblock_state);
+	walk_memory_blocks(start, size, (void *)MEM_OFFLINE,
+			   change_memblock_state);
 
 
 	return true;
@@ -242,9 +242,8 @@ static int memtrace_online(void)
 		 */
 		if (!memhp_auto_online) {
 			lock_device_hotplug();
-			walk_memory_range(PFN_DOWN(ent->start),
-					  PFN_UP(ent->start + ent->size - 1),
-					  NULL, online_mem_block);
+			walk_memory_blocks(ent->start, ent->size, NULL,
+					   online_mem_block);
 			unlock_device_hotplug();
 		}
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
index db013dc21c02..e294f44a7850 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
@@ -155,16 +155,6 @@ static int acpi_memory_check_device(struct acpi_memory_device *mem_device)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static unsigned long acpi_meminfo_start_pfn(struct acpi_memory_info *info)
-{
-	return PFN_DOWN(info->start_addr);
-}
-
-static unsigned long acpi_meminfo_end_pfn(struct acpi_memory_info *info)
-{
-	return PFN_UP(info->start_addr + info->length-1);
-}
-
 static int acpi_bind_memblk(struct memory_block *mem, void *arg)
 {
 	return acpi_bind_one(&mem->dev, arg);
@@ -173,9 +163,8 @@ static int acpi_bind_memblk(struct memory_block *mem, void *arg)
 static int acpi_bind_memory_blocks(struct acpi_memory_info *info,
 				   struct acpi_device *adev)
 {
-	return walk_memory_range(acpi_meminfo_start_pfn(info),
-				 acpi_meminfo_end_pfn(info), adev,
-				 acpi_bind_memblk);
+	return walk_memory_blocks(info->start_addr, info->length, adev,
+				  acpi_bind_memblk);
 }
 
 static int acpi_unbind_memblk(struct memory_block *mem, void *arg)
@@ -186,8 +175,8 @@ static int acpi_unbind_memblk(struct memory_block *mem, void *arg)
 
 static void acpi_unbind_memory_blocks(struct acpi_memory_info *info)
 {
-	walk_memory_range(acpi_meminfo_start_pfn(info),
-			  acpi_meminfo_end_pfn(info), NULL, acpi_unbind_memblk);
+	walk_memory_blocks(info->start_addr, info->length, NULL,
+			   acpi_unbind_memblk);
 }
 
 static int acpi_memory_enable_device(struct acpi_memory_device *mem_device)
diff --git a/drivers/base/node.c b/drivers/base/node.c
index e6364e3e3e31..d8c02e65df68 100644
--- a/drivers/base/node.c
+++ b/drivers/base/node.c
@@ -833,8 +833,9 @@ void unregister_memory_block_under_nodes(struct memory_block *mem_blk)
 
 int link_mem_sections(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 {
-	return walk_memory_range(start_pfn, end_pfn, (void *)&nid,
-					register_mem_sect_under_node);
+	return walk_memory_blocks(PFN_PHYS(start_pfn),
+				  PFN_PHYS(end_pfn - start_pfn), (void *)&nid,
+				  register_mem_sect_under_node);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLBFS
diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
index 79e0add6a597..d9fffc34949f 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ static inline void __remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size) {}
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE */
 
 extern void __ref free_area_init_core_hotplug(int nid);
-extern int walk_memory_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn,
+extern int walk_memory_blocks(unsigned long start, unsigned long size,
 		void *arg, int (*func)(struct memory_block *, void *));
 extern int __add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size);
 extern int add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size);
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index a88c5f334e5a..122a7d31efdd 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1126,8 +1126,7 @@ int __ref add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *res)
 
 	/* online pages if requested */
 	if (memhp_auto_online)
-		walk_memory_range(PFN_DOWN(start), PFN_UP(start + size - 1),
-				  NULL, online_memory_block);
+		walk_memory_blocks(start, size, NULL, online_memory_block);
 
 	return ret;
 error:
@@ -1665,20 +1664,24 @@ int offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE */
 
 /**
- * walk_memory_range - walks through all mem sections in [start_pfn, end_pfn)
- * @start_pfn: start pfn of the memory range
- * @end_pfn: end pfn of the memory range
+ * walk_memory_blocks - walk through all present memory blocks overlapped
+ *			by the range [start, start + size)
+ *
+ * @start: start address of the memory range
+ * @size: size of the memory range
  * @arg: argument passed to func
- * @func: callback for each memory section walked
+ * @func: callback for each memory block walked
  *
- * This function walks through all present mem sections in range
- * [start_pfn, end_pfn) and call func on each mem section.
+ * This function walks through all present memory blocks overlapped by the
+ * range [start, start + size), calling func on each memory block.
  *
  * Returns the return value of func.
  */
-int walk_memory_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn,
+int walk_memory_blocks(unsigned long start, unsigned long size,
 		void *arg, int (*func)(struct memory_block *, void *))
 {
+	const unsigned long start_pfn = PFN_DOWN(start);
+	const unsigned long end_pfn = PFN_UP(start + size - 1);
 	struct memory_block *mem = NULL;
 	struct mem_section *section;
 	unsigned long pfn, section_nr;
@@ -1824,8 +1827,7 @@ static int __ref try_remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
 	 * whether all memory blocks in question are offline and return error
 	 * if this is not the case.
 	 */
-	rc = walk_memory_range(PFN_DOWN(start), PFN_UP(start + size - 1), NULL,
-			       check_memblock_offlined_cb);
+	rc = walk_memory_blocks(start, size, NULL, check_memblock_offlined_cb);
 	if (rc)
 		goto done;
 
