diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 6149a2d324be..0fb3b89b3967 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -229,6 +229,33 @@ static void reset_cached_positions(struct zone *zone)
 				pageblock_start_pfn(zone_end_pfn(zone) - 1);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
+/*
+ * If the PFN falls into an offline section, return the start PFN of the
+ * next online section. If the PFN falls into an online section or if
+ * there is no next online section, return 0.
+ */
+static unsigned long skip_offline_sections(unsigned long start_pfn)
+{
+	unsigned long start_nr = pfn_to_section_nr(start_pfn);
+
+	if (online_section_nr(start_nr))
+		return 0;
+
+	while (++start_nr <= __highest_present_section_nr) {
+		if (online_section_nr(start_nr))
+			return section_nr_to_pfn(start_nr);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#else
+static unsigned long skip_offline_sections(unsigned long start_pfn)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Compound pages of >= pageblock_order should consistently be skipped until
  * released. It is always pointless to compact pages of such order (if they are
@@ -1955,8 +1982,14 @@ static isolate_migrate_t isolate_migratepages(struct compact_control *cc)
 
 		page = pageblock_pfn_to_page(block_start_pfn,
 						block_end_pfn, cc->zone);
-		if (!page)
+		if (!page) {
+			unsigned long next_pfn;
+
+			next_pfn = skip_offline_sections(block_start_pfn);
+			if (next_pfn)
+				block_end_pfn = min(next_pfn, cc->free_pfn);
 			continue;
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * If isolation recently failed, do not retry. Only check the