--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h~mm-teach-pfn_to_online_page-about-zone_device-section-collisions
+++ a/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -918,6 +918,18 @@ static inline int local_memory_node(int
  */
 #define zone_idx(zone)		((zone) - (zone)->zone_pgdat->node_zones)
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DEVICE
+static inline bool zone_is_zone_device(struct zone *zone)
+{
+	return zone_idx(zone) == ZONE_DEVICE;
+}
+#else
+static inline bool zone_is_zone_device(struct zone *zone)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Returns true if a zone has pages managed by the buddy allocator.
  * All the reclaim decisions have to use this function rather than
@@ -1306,13 +1318,14 @@ extern size_t mem_section_usage_size(voi
  *      which results in PFN_SECTION_SHIFT equal 6.
  * To sum it up, at least 6 bits are available.
  */
-#define	SECTION_MARKED_PRESENT	(1UL<<0)
-#define SECTION_HAS_MEM_MAP	(1UL<<1)
-#define SECTION_IS_ONLINE	(1UL<<2)
-#define SECTION_IS_EARLY	(1UL<<3)
-#define SECTION_MAP_LAST_BIT	(1UL<<4)
-#define SECTION_MAP_MASK	(~(SECTION_MAP_LAST_BIT-1))
-#define SECTION_NID_SHIFT	3
+#define SECTION_MARKED_PRESENT		(1UL<<0)
+#define SECTION_HAS_MEM_MAP		(1UL<<1)
+#define SECTION_IS_ONLINE		(1UL<<2)
+#define SECTION_IS_EARLY		(1UL<<3)
+#define SECTION_TAINT_ZONE_DEVICE	(1UL<<4)
+#define SECTION_MAP_LAST_BIT		(1UL<<5)
+#define SECTION_MAP_MASK		(~(SECTION_MAP_LAST_BIT-1))
+#define SECTION_NID_SHIFT		3
 
 static inline struct page *__section_mem_map_addr(struct mem_section *section)
 {
@@ -1351,6 +1364,13 @@ static inline int online_section(struct
 	return (section && (section->section_mem_map & SECTION_IS_ONLINE));
 }
 
+static inline int online_device_section(struct mem_section *section)
+{
+	unsigned long flags = SECTION_IS_ONLINE | SECTION_TAINT_ZONE_DEVICE;
+
+	return section && ((section->section_mem_map & flags) == flags);
+}
+
 static inline int online_section_nr(unsigned long nr)
 {
 	return online_section(__nr_to_section(nr));
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c~mm-teach-pfn_to_online_page-about-zone_device-section-collisions
+++ a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ static int check_hotplug_memory_addressa
 struct page *pfn_to_online_page(unsigned long pfn)
 {
 	unsigned long nr = pfn_to_section_nr(pfn);
+	struct dev_pagemap *pgmap;
 	struct mem_section *ms;
 
 	if (nr >= NR_MEM_SECTIONS)
@@ -327,6 +328,22 @@ struct page *pfn_to_online_page(unsigned
 	if (!pfn_section_valid(ms, pfn))
 		return NULL;
 
+	if (!online_device_section(ms))
+		return pfn_to_page(pfn);
+
+	/*
+	 * Slowpath: when ZONE_DEVICE collides with
+	 * ZONE_{NORMAL,MOVABLE} within the same section some pfns in
+	 * the section may be 'offline' but 'valid'. Only
+	 * get_dev_pagemap() can determine sub-section online status.
+	 */
+	pgmap = get_dev_pagemap(pfn, NULL);
+	put_dev_pagemap(pgmap);
+
+	/* The presence of a pgmap indicates ZONE_DEVICE offline pfn */
+	if (pgmap)
+		return NULL;
+
 	return pfn_to_page(pfn);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pfn_to_online_page);
@@ -709,6 +726,14 @@ static void __meminit resize_pgdat_range
 	pgdat->node_spanned_pages = max(start_pfn + nr_pages, old_end_pfn) - pgdat->node_start_pfn;
 
 }
+
+static void section_taint_zone_device(unsigned long pfn)
+{
+	struct mem_section *ms = __pfn_to_section(pfn);
+
+	ms->section_mem_map |= SECTION_TAINT_ZONE_DEVICE;
+}
+
 /*
  * Associate the pfn range with the given zone, initializing the memmaps
  * and resizing the pgdat/zone data to span the added pages. After this
@@ -739,6 +764,19 @@ void __ref move_pfn_range_to_zone(struct
 	pgdat_resize_unlock(pgdat, &flags);
 
 	/*
+	 * Subsection population requires care in pfn_to_online_page().
+	 * Set the taint to enable the slow path detection of
+	 * ZONE_DEVICE pages in an otherwise  ZONE_{NORMAL,MOVABLE}
+	 * section.
+	 */
+	if (zone_is_zone_device(zone)) {
+		if (!IS_ALIGNED(start_pfn, PAGES_PER_SECTION))
+			section_taint_zone_device(start_pfn);
+		if (!IS_ALIGNED(start_pfn + nr_pages, PAGES_PER_SECTION))
+			section_taint_zone_device(start_pfn + nr_pages);
+	}
+
+	/*
 	 * TODO now we have a visible range of pages which are not associated
 	 * with their zone properly. Not nice but set_pfnblock_flags_mask
 	 * expects the zone spans the pfn range. All the pages in the range
