diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index cb416723538f..3d974cb2a1a1 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5359,9 +5359,14 @@ void __meminit memmap_init_zone(unsigned long size, int nid, unsigned long zone,
 			/*
 			 * Skip to the pfn preceding the next valid one (or
 			 * end_pfn), such that we hit a valid pfn (or end_pfn)
-			 * on our next iteration of the loop.
+			 * on our next iteration of the loop. Note that it needs
+			 * to be pageblock aligned even when the region itself
+			 * is not. move_freepages_block() can shift ahead of
+			 * the valid region but still depends on correct page
+			 * metadata.
 			 */
-			pfn = memblock_next_valid_pfn(pfn, end_pfn) - 1;
+			pfn = (memblock_next_valid_pfn(pfn, end_pfn) &
+					~(pageblock_nr_pages-1)) - 1;
 #endif
 			continue;
 		}