2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index 63e879379dbd..46286434af80 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ int find_next_system_ram(struct resource *res)
 
         start = res->start;
         end = res->end;
+        BUG_ON(start >= end);
 
         read_lock(&resource_lock);
         for (p = iomem_resource.child; p ; p = p->sibling) {
@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ int find_next_system_ram(struct resource *res)
                         p = NULL;
                         break;
                 }
-                if (p->start >= start)
+                if ((p->end >= start) && (p->start < end))
                         break;
         }
         read_unlock(&resource_lock);
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 7d25cc12235f..26f1840879d6 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ int online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
         res.flags = IORESOURCE_MEM; /* we just need system ram */
         section_end = res.end;
 
-        while (find_next_system_ram(&res) >= 0) {
+        while ((res.start < res.end) && (find_next_system_ram(&res) >= 0)) {
                 start_pfn = (unsigned long)(res.start >> PAGE_SHIFT);
                 nr_pages = (unsigned long)
                            ((res.end + 1 - res.start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);