diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
index 5920c527845a..3685e12aba9b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
@@ -219,16 +219,26 @@ static void __init zone_sizes_init(unsigned long min, unsigned long max)
 
 int pfn_valid(unsigned long pfn)
 {
-	phys_addr_t addr = pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
+	phys_addr_t addr = PFN_PHYS(pfn);
 
-	if ((addr >> PAGE_SHIFT) != pfn)
+	/*
+	 * Ensure the upper PAGE_SHIFT bits are clear in the
+	 * pfn. Else it might lead to false positives when
+	 * some of the upper bits are set, but the lower bits
+	 * match a valid pfn.
+	 */
+	if (PHYS_PFN(addr) != pfn)
 		return 0;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
+{
+	struct mem_section *ms;
+
 	if (pfn_to_section_nr(pfn) >= NR_MEM_SECTIONS)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!valid_section(__pfn_to_section(pfn)))
+	ms = __pfn_to_section(pfn);
+	if (!valid_section(ms))
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -240,8 +250,9 @@ int pfn_valid(unsigned long pfn)
 	 * memory sections covering all of hotplug memory including
 	 * both normal and ZONE_DEVICE based.
 	 */
-	if (!early_section(__pfn_to_section(pfn)))
-		return pfn_section_valid(__pfn_to_section(pfn), pfn);
+	if (!early_section(ms))
+		return pfn_section_valid(ms, pfn);
+}
 #endif
 	return memblock_is_map_memory(addr);
 }