diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index bc6cc0e913b..c957805a7f0 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5604,7 +5604,7 @@ static inline int pfn_to_bitidx(struct zone *zone, unsigned long pfn)
 	pfn &= (PAGES_PER_SECTION-1);
 	return (pfn >> pageblock_order) * NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS;
 #else
-	pfn = pfn - zone->zone_start_pfn;
+	pfn = pfn - round_down(zone->zone_start_pfn, pageblock_nr_pages);
 	return (pfn >> pageblock_order) * NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS;
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM */
 }