if (pfn) {
                        zone->zone_start_pfn = pfn;
                        zone->spanned_pages = zone_end_pfn - pfn;
+               } else {
+                       zone->zone_start_pfn = 0;
+                       zone->spanned_pages = 0;
                }
        } else if (zone_end_pfn == end_pfn) {
                /*
                                               start_pfn);
                if (pfn)
                        zone->spanned_pages = pfn - zone_start_pfn + 1;
+               else {
+                       zone->zone_start_pfn = 0;
+                       zone->spanned_pages = 0;
+               }
        }
-
-       /*
-        * The section is not biggest or smallest mem_section in the zone, it
-        * only creates a hole in the zone. So in this case, we need not
-        * change the zone. But perhaps, the zone has only hole data. Thus
-        * it check the zone has only hole or not.
-        */
-       pfn = zone_start_pfn;
-       for (; pfn < zone_end_pfn; pfn += PAGES_PER_SUBSECTION) {
-               if (unlikely(!pfn_to_online_page(pfn)))
-                       continue;
-
-               if (page_zone(pfn_to_page(pfn)) != zone)
-                       continue;
-
-               /* Skip range to be removed */
-               if (pfn >= start_pfn && pfn < end_pfn)
-                       continue;
-
-               /* If we find valid section, we have nothing to do */
-               zone_span_writeunlock(zone);
-               return;
-       }
-
-       /* The zone has no valid section */
-       zone->zone_start_pfn = 0;
-       zone->spanned_pages = 0;
        zone_span_writeunlock(zone);
 }