diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
index 2c07908359b282..a5ac371a3f066e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
@@ -275,12 +275,32 @@ static const struct attribute_group *papr_scm_dimm_groups[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
+static inline int papr_scm_node(int node)
+{
+	int min_dist = INT_MAX, dist;
+	int nid, min_node;
+
+	if ((node == NUMA_NO_NODE) || node_online(node))
+		return node;
+
+	min_node = first_online_node;
+	for_each_online_node(nid) {
+		dist = node_distance(node, nid);
+		if (dist < min_dist) {
+			min_dist = dist;
+			min_node = nid;
+		}
+	}
+	return min_node;
+}
+
 static int papr_scm_nvdimm_init(struct papr_scm_priv *p)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &p->pdev->dev;
 	struct nd_mapping_desc mapping;
 	struct nd_region_desc ndr_desc;
 	unsigned long dimm_flags;
+	int target_nid, online_nid;
 
 	p->bus_desc.ndctl = papr_scm_ndctl;
 	p->bus_desc.module = THIS_MODULE;
@@ -319,8 +339,10 @@ static int papr_scm_nvdimm_init(struct papr_scm_priv *p)
 
 	memset(&ndr_desc, 0, sizeof(ndr_desc));
 	ndr_desc.attr_groups = region_attr_groups;
-	ndr_desc.numa_node = dev_to_node(&p->pdev->dev);
-	ndr_desc.target_node = ndr_desc.numa_node;
+	target_nid = dev_to_node(&p->pdev->dev);
+	online_nid = papr_scm_node(target_nid);
+	ndr_desc.numa_node = online_nid;
+	ndr_desc.target_node = target_nid;
 	ndr_desc.res = &p->res;
 	ndr_desc.of_node = p->dn;
 	ndr_desc.provider_data = p;
@@ -338,6 +360,9 @@ static int papr_scm_nvdimm_init(struct papr_scm_priv *p)
 				ndr_desc.res, p->dn);
 		goto err;
 	}
+	if (target_nid != online_nid)
+		dev_info(dev, "Region registered with target node %d and online node %d",
+			 target_nid, online_nid);
 
 	return 0;