diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 8b6910465578..2bd9b7fb0f6c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -751,6 +751,15 @@ config ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE
 	def_bool y
 	depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 
+# Some NUMA nodes have memory ranges that span
+# other nodes.  Even though a pfn is valid and
+# between a node's start and end pfns, it may not
+# reside on that node.  See memmap_init_zone()
+# for details.
+config NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES
+	def_bool y
+	depends on NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
+
 config PPC_64K_PAGES
 	bool "64k page size"
 	depends on PPC64
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
index 9828663652e9..d2833c1a1f3d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ CONFIG_SPLIT_PTLOCK_CPUS=4
 CONFIG_MIGRATION=y
 CONFIG_RESOURCES_64BIT=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_EARLY_PFN_TO_NID=y
+CONFIG_NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES=y
 # CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES is not set
 CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=y
 CONFIG_PROC_DEVICETREE=y
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 59855b8718a0..ed0762b283a9 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -674,6 +674,12 @@ void sparse_init(void);
 #define sparse_index_init(_sec, _nid)  do {} while (0)
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES
+#define early_pfn_in_nid(pfn, nid)	(early_pfn_to_nid(pfn) == (nid))
+#else
+#define early_pfn_in_nid(pfn, nid)	(1)
+#endif
+
 #ifndef early_pfn_valid
 #define early_pfn_valid(pfn)	(1)
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index ebd425c2e2a7..f5fc45472d5c 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1689,6 +1689,8 @@ void __meminit memmap_init_zone(unsigned long size, int nid, unsigned long zone,
 	for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn++) {
 		if (!early_pfn_valid(pfn))
 			continue;
+		if (!early_pfn_in_nid(pfn, nid))
+			continue;
 		page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
 		set_page_links(page, zone, nid, pfn);
 		init_page_count(page);