diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 988bd91b9f7fdd8460d2b94dbf18d05aa57d431a..656ad1c65422f0440a56b422b8431891e5304827 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -404,8 +404,15 @@ int online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 	if (!populated_zone(zone))
 		need_zonelists_rebuild = 1;
 
-	walk_memory_resource(pfn, nr_pages, &onlined_pages,
+	ret = walk_memory_resource(pfn, nr_pages, &onlined_pages,
 		online_pages_range);
+	if (ret) {
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "online_pages %lx at %lx failed\n",
+			nr_pages, pfn);
+		memory_notify(MEM_CANCEL_ONLINE, &arg);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	zone->present_pages += onlined_pages;
 	zone->zone_pgdat->node_present_pages += onlined_pages;