diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index affda71641ca..5137b3aea4bd 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ long vread(char *buf, char *addr, unsigned long count)
  */
 void *vmalloc(unsigned long size)
 {
-       return __vmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM);
+       return __vmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmalloc);
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmalloc);
  */
 void *vzalloc(unsigned long size)
 {
-	return __vmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_ZERO);
+	return __vmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vzalloc);