diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 6903b695ebaef81ef890f4b5e41c749d89dce2e1..5d013526bd0a035a4816067bc12867f81e4e8e19 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ int __meminit early_pfn_to_nid(unsigned long pfn)
 	spin_lock(&early_pfn_lock);
 	nid = __early_pfn_to_nid(pfn, &early_pfnnid_cache);
 	if (nid < 0)
-		nid = 0;
+		nid = first_online_node;
 	spin_unlock(&early_pfn_lock);
 
 	return nid;