diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 729fba1..b8467fa 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -838,9 +838,16 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
 	int ret;
 	struct memory_notify arg;
 
-	/* We can only online full sections (e.g., SECTION_IS_ONLINE) */
+	/*
+	 * {on,off}lining is constrained to full memory sections (or more
+	 * precisly to memory blocks from the user space POV).
+	 * memmap_on_memory is an exception because it reserves initial part
+	 * of the physical memory space for vmemmaps. That space is pageblock
+	 * aligned.
+	 */
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!nr_pages ||
-			 !IS_ALIGNED(pfn | nr_pages, PAGES_PER_SECTION)))
+			 !IS_ALIGNED(pfn, pageblock_nr_pages) ||
+			 !IS_ALIGNED(pfn + nr_pages, PAGES_PER_SECTION)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	mem_hotplug_begin();
@@ -1573,9 +1580,16 @@ int __ref offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 	int ret, node;
 	char *reason;
 
-	/* We can only offline full sections (e.g., SECTION_IS_ONLINE) */
+	/*
+	 * {on,off}lining is constrained to full memory sections (or more
+	 * precisly to memory blocks from the user space POV).
+	 * memmap_on_memory is an exception because it reserves initial part
+	 * of the physical memory space for vmemmaps. That space is pageblock
+	 * aligned.
+	 */
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!nr_pages ||
-			 !IS_ALIGNED(start_pfn | nr_pages, PAGES_PER_SECTION)))
+			 !IS_ALIGNED(start_pfn, pageblock_nr_pages) ||
+			 !IS_ALIGNED(start_pfn + nr_pages, PAGES_PER_SECTION)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	mem_hotplug_begin();