diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 4951f47..db45efa 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * kmalloc doesn't like __GFP_HIGHMEM for some reason
 	 */
-	return kmalloc(size, gfp_mask & ~__GFP_HIGHMEM);
+	return kmalloc(size, (gfp_mask | __GFP_COMP) & ~__GFP_HIGHMEM);
 }
 
 struct page * vmalloc_to_page(void *addr)
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@
 	 * - note that this may not return a page-aligned address if the object
 	 *   we're allocating is smaller than a page
 	 */
-	base = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	base = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_COMP);
 	if (!base)
 		goto enomem;