diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index e861397..c7bb952 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -275,8 +275,9 @@
 sparse_early_usemaps_alloc_pgdat_section(struct pglist_data *pgdat,
 					 unsigned long size)
 {
-	pg_data_t *host_pgdat;
-	unsigned long goal;
+	unsigned long goal, limit;
+	unsigned long *p;
+	int nid;
 	/*
 	 * A page may contain usemaps for other sections preventing the
 	 * page being freed and making a section unremovable while
@@ -288,9 +289,16 @@
 	 * this problem.
 	 */
 	goal = __pa(pgdat) & (PAGE_SECTION_MASK << PAGE_SHIFT);
-	host_pgdat = NODE_DATA(early_pfn_to_nid(goal >> PAGE_SHIFT));
-	return __alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic(host_pgdat, size,
-					    SMP_CACHE_BYTES, goal);
+	limit = goal + (1UL << PA_SECTION_SHIFT);
+	nid = early_pfn_to_nid(goal >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+again:
+	p = ___alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic(NODE_DATA(nid), size,
+					  SMP_CACHE_BYTES, goal, limit);
+	if (!p && limit) {
+		limit = 0;
+		goto again;
+	}
+	return p;
 }
 
 static void __init check_usemap_section_nr(int nid, unsigned long *usemap)