diff --git a/drivers/xen/balloon.c b/drivers/xen/balloon.c
index 39b229f9e256..d37dd5bb7a8f 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/balloon.c
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ int alloc_xenballooned_pages(int nr_pages, struct page **pages)
 	while (pgno < nr_pages) {
 		page = balloon_retrieve(true);
 		if (page) {
+			__ClearPageOffline(page);
 			pages[pgno++] = page;
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_HAVE_PVMMU
 			/*
@@ -645,8 +646,10 @@ void free_xenballooned_pages(int nr_pages, struct page **pages)
 	mutex_lock(&balloon_mutex);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
-		if (pages[i])
+		if (pages[i]) {
+			__SetPageOffline(pages[i]);
 			balloon_append(pages[i]);
+		}
 	}
 
 	balloon_stats.target_unpopulated -= nr_pages;