diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 71da5c9..1b1ac3d 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned long onlined_pages = 0;
 	struct zone *zone;
+	int need_zonelists_rebuild = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * This doesn't need a lock to do pfn_to_page().
@@ -139,6 +140,14 @@
 	grow_pgdat_span(zone->zone_pgdat, pfn, pfn + nr_pages);
 	pgdat_resize_unlock(zone->zone_pgdat, &flags);
 
+	/*
+	 * If this zone is not populated, then it is not in zonelist.
+	 * This means the page allocator ignores this zone.
+	 * So, zonelist must be updated after online.
+	 */
+	if (!populated_zone(zone))
+		need_zonelists_rebuild = 1;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
 		struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn + i);
 		online_page(page);
@@ -149,5 +158,8 @@
 
 	setup_per_zone_pages_min();
 
+	if (need_zonelists_rebuild)
+		build_all_zonelists();
+
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 62564e2..9dfbe6b 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/nodemask.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/mempolicy.h>
+#include <linux/stop_machine.h>
 
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include <asm/div64.h>
@@ -1704,14 +1705,29 @@
 
 #endif	/* CONFIG_NUMA */
 
-void __init build_all_zonelists(void)
+/* return values int ....just for stop_machine_run() */
+static int __meminit __build_all_zonelists(void *dummy)
 {
-	int i;
+	int nid;
+	for_each_online_node(nid)
+		build_zonelists(NODE_DATA(nid));
+	return 0;
+}
 
-	for_each_online_node(i)
-		build_zonelists(NODE_DATA(i));
+void __meminit build_all_zonelists(void)
+{
+	if (system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING) {
+		__build_all_zonelists(0);
+		cpuset_init_current_mems_allowed();
+	} else {
+		/* we have to stop all cpus to guaranntee there is no user
+		   of zonelist */
+		stop_machine_run(__build_all_zonelists, NULL, NR_CPUS);
+		/* cpuset refresh routine should be here */
+	}
+
 	printk("Built %i zonelists\n", num_online_nodes());
-	cpuset_init_current_mems_allowed();
+
 }
 
 /*