diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index b1b14a9..99a6383 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -200,6 +200,12 @@
 	      (section_nr <= __highest_present_section_nr));	\
 	     section_nr = next_present_section_nr(section_nr))
 
+/*
+ * Record how many memory sections are marked as present
+ * during system bootup.
+ */
+static int __initdata nr_present_sections;
+
 /* Record a memory area against a node. */
 void __init memory_present(int nid, unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
@@ -229,6 +235,7 @@
 			ms->section_mem_map = sparse_encode_early_nid(nid) |
 							SECTION_IS_ONLINE;
 			section_mark_present(ms);
+			nr_present_sections++;
 		}
 	}
 }