diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 84bcf536e652a38869d0af4b1f8b4f14c87a3474..b62564277d0603023dd4d457f6ddb371bbda9993 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -548,6 +548,9 @@ store_soft_offline_page(struct device *dev,
 	pfn >>= PAGE_SHIFT;
 	if (!pfn_valid(pfn))
 		return -ENXIO;
+	/* Only online pages can be soft-offlined (esp., not ZONE_DEVICE). */
+	if (!pfn_to_online_page(pfn))
+		return -EIO;
 	ret = soft_offline_page(pfn_to_page(pfn), 0);
 	return ret == 0 ? count : ret;
 }