diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 1c90bdf60d8524f2ddb210df0d31ad7408450c29..7d2f829d00d7c429fd8fa06d3e160c5977a75665 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -378,10 +378,8 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(block_size_bytes);
 static ssize_t auto_online_blocks_show(struct device *dev,
 				       struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	if (memhp_auto_online)
-		return sprintf(buf, "online\n");
-	else
-		return sprintf(buf, "offline\n");
+	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n",
+		       online_type_to_str[memhp_default_online_type]);
 }
 
 static ssize_t auto_online_blocks_store(struct device *dev,
@@ -389,9 +387,9 @@ static ssize_t auto_online_blocks_store(struct device *dev,
 					const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	if (sysfs_streq(buf, "online"))
-		memhp_auto_online = true;
+		memhp_default_online_type = MMOP_ONLINE;
 	else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "offline"))
-		memhp_auto_online = false;
+		memhp_default_online_type = MMOP_OFFLINE;
 	else
 		return -EINVAL;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
index c2e06ed5e0e9a66b7495da48945579a6724adc3c..c6e090b34c4b043a84f6b8f23834743ce0e2046d 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ extern int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
 			struct mhp_restrictions *restrictions);
 extern u64 max_mem_size;
 
-extern bool memhp_auto_online;
+/* Default online_type (MMOP_*) when new memory blocks are added. */
+extern int memhp_default_online_type;
 /* If movable_node boot option specified */
 extern bool movable_node_enabled;
 static inline bool movable_node_is_enabled(void)
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 9691cbb4383eeb429844d900bf4af8d8869ebac7..9436f7e6257a835b896e47aae31fbd93f32fcea1 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -67,17 +67,17 @@ void put_online_mems(void)
 bool movable_node_enabled = false;
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE
-bool memhp_auto_online;
+int memhp_default_online_type = MMOP_OFFLINE;
 #else
-bool memhp_auto_online = true;
+int memhp_default_online_type = MMOP_ONLINE;
 #endif
 
 static int __init setup_memhp_default_state(char *str)
 {
 	if (!strcmp(str, "online"))
-		memhp_auto_online = true;
+		memhp_default_online_type = MMOP_ONLINE;
 	else if (!strcmp(str, "offline"))
-		memhp_auto_online = false;
+		memhp_default_online_type = MMOP_OFFLINE;
 
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -990,6 +990,7 @@ static int check_hotplug_memory_range(u64 start, u64 size)
 
 static int online_memory_block(struct memory_block *mem, void *arg)
 {
+	mem->online_type = memhp_default_online_type;
 	return device_online(&mem->dev);
 }
 
@@ -1062,7 +1063,7 @@ int __ref add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *res)
 	mem_hotplug_done();
 
 	/* online pages if requested */
-	if (memhp_auto_online)
+	if (memhp_default_online_type != MMOP_OFFLINE)
 		walk_memory_blocks(start, size, NULL, online_memory_block);
 
 	return ret;