diff --git a/net/ceph/buffer.c b/net/ceph/buffer.c
index 53d8abf..bf3e6a1 100644
--- a/net/ceph/buffer.c
+++ b/net/ceph/buffer.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	if (b->vec.iov_base) {
 		b->is_vmalloc = false;
 	} else {
-		b->vec.iov_base = __vmalloc(len, gfp, PAGE_KERNEL);
+		b->vec.iov_base = __vmalloc(len, gfp | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL);
 		if (!b->vec.iov_base) {
 			kfree(b);
 			return NULL;