diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 9597eec8239d3f2e3fc2052179ed588643be53e0..ee3765760818a6623f86e48a6d775d2d6c2a75a2 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1779,7 +1779,11 @@ void try_offline_node(int nid)
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_ZONES; i++) {
 		struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
 
-		if (zone->wait_table)
+		/*
+		 * wait_table may be allocated from boot memory,
+		 * here only free if it's allocated by vmalloc.
+		 */
+		if (is_vmalloc_addr(zone->wait_table))
 			vfree(zone->wait_table);
 	}