diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 73555d9f9d55f8ee702f56dd037325cb42d2f691..d5beb2b0b9a01576d2c30e1c6593f8db93770e18 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -963,10 +963,9 @@ static void reset_node_present_pages(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 }
 
 /* we are OK calling __meminit stuff here - we have CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
-static pg_data_t __ref *hotadd_new_pgdat(int nid, u64 start)
+static pg_data_t __ref *hotadd_new_pgdat(int nid)
 {
 	struct pglist_data *pgdat;
-	unsigned long start_pfn = PFN_DOWN(start);
 
 	pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
 	if (!pgdat) {
@@ -987,9 +986,8 @@ static pg_data_t __ref *hotadd_new_pgdat(int nid, u64 start)
 	}
 
 	/* we can use NODE_DATA(nid) from here */
-
 	pgdat->node_id = nid;
-	pgdat->node_start_pfn = start_pfn;
+	pgdat->node_start_pfn = 0;
 
 	/* init node's zones as empty zones, we don't have any present pages.*/
 	free_area_init_core_hotplug(nid);
@@ -1026,7 +1024,6 @@ static void rollback_node_hotadd(int nid)
 /**
  * try_online_node - online a node if offlined
  * @nid: the node ID
- * @start: start addr of the node
  * @set_node_online: Whether we want to online the node
  * called by cpu_up() to online a node without onlined memory.
  *
@@ -1035,7 +1032,7 @@ static void rollback_node_hotadd(int nid)
  * 0 -> the node is already online
  * -ENOMEM -> the node could not be allocated
  */
-static int __try_online_node(int nid, u64 start, bool set_node_online)
+static int __try_online_node(int nid, bool set_node_online)
 {
 	pg_data_t *pgdat;
 	int ret = 1;
@@ -1043,7 +1040,7 @@ static int __try_online_node(int nid, u64 start, bool set_node_online)
 	if (node_online(nid))
 		return 0;
 
-	pgdat = hotadd_new_pgdat(nid, start);
+	pgdat = hotadd_new_pgdat(nid);
 	if (!pgdat) {
 		pr_err("Cannot online node %d due to NULL pgdat\n", nid);
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -1067,7 +1064,7 @@ int try_online_node(int nid)
 	int ret;
 
 	mem_hotplug_begin();
-	ret =  __try_online_node(nid, 0, true);
+	ret =  __try_online_node(nid, true);
 	mem_hotplug_done();
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1124,7 +1121,7 @@ int __ref add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *res, bool online)
 	 */
 	memblock_add_node(start, size, nid);
 
-	ret = __try_online_node(nid, start, false);
+	ret = __try_online_node(nid, false);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto error;
 	new_node = ret;