diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
index 51fe1c5b6d713c58359857d13fc0620bb20e8f4d..16267ff8c86c6cfc61f233605495ebff4f730169 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ int hot_add_scn_to_nid(unsigned long scn_addr)
 		nid = hot_add_node_scn_to_nid(scn_addr);
 	}
 
-	if (nid < 0 || !node_online(nid))
+	if (nid < 0 || !node_possible(nid))
 		nid = first_online_node;
 
 	return nid;