diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index bd791e452ad7..67ab5febabf7 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -489,6 +489,12 @@ struct zone {
 	unsigned long		present_pages;
 	unsigned long		managed_pages;
 
+	/*
+	 * Number of MIGRATE_RESEVE page block. To maintain for just
+	 * optimization. Protected by zone->lock.
+	 */
+	int			nr_migrate_reserve_block;
+
 	/*
 	 * rarely used fields:
 	 */
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 5248fe070aa4..89d81f4429ca 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3901,6 +3901,7 @@ static void setup_zone_migrate_reserve(struct zone *zone)
 	struct page *page;
 	unsigned long block_migratetype;
 	int reserve;
+	int old_reserve;
 
 	/*
 	 * Get the start pfn, end pfn and the number of blocks to reserve
@@ -3922,6 +3923,12 @@ static void setup_zone_migrate_reserve(struct zone *zone)
 	 * future allocation of hugepages at runtime.
 	 */
 	reserve = min(2, reserve);
+	old_reserve = zone->nr_migrate_reserve_block;
+
+	/* When memory hot-add, we almost always need to do nothing */
+	if (reserve == old_reserve)
+		return;
+	zone->nr_migrate_reserve_block = reserve;
 
 	for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += pageblock_nr_pages) {
 		if (!pfn_valid(pfn))
@@ -3959,6 +3966,12 @@ static void setup_zone_migrate_reserve(struct zone *zone)
 				reserve--;
 				continue;
 			}
+		} else if (!old_reserve) {
+			/*
+			 * At boot time we don't need to scan the whole zone
+			 * for turning off MIGRATE_RESERVE.
+			 */
+			break;
 		}
 
 		/*