diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 1b6f89fea15d4315e8903f106005fe3648cc58b8..f7c41be57976bd5bf3d6a14f67ee271aeb292d66 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -473,10 +473,8 @@ 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,
@@ -484,9 +482,9 @@ 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 dfb5d5b6f1063eca29065dc0e0ed198633278fac..1ba6a688094de1350de5bd7d2e811633cf1e498a 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ extern void __online_page_free(struct page *page);
 extern int try_online_node(int nid);
 
 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 f13144a65b1277e10566f4203c48b670a50ffd27..3b9d409c902b94406aa5f073ba3444ec0c326833 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -68,8 +68,10 @@ void put_online_mems(void)
 bool movable_node_enabled = false;
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE
+int memhp_default_online_type = MMOP_OFFLINE;
 bool memhp_auto_online;
 #else
+int memhp_default_online_type = MMOP_ONLINE;
 bool memhp_auto_online = true;
 #endif
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(memhp_auto_online);
@@ -77,9 +79,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(memhp_auto_online);
 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;
 }
@@ -1042,6 +1044,7 @@ 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);
 }
 
@@ -1114,7 +1117,7 @@ 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_range(PFN_DOWN(start), PFN_UP(start + size - 1),
 				  NULL, online_memory_block);