diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
index 0387e05cdb98..9588b864d311 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static void *alloc_buffer_data(struct dm_bufio_client *c, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY)
 		noio_flag = memalloc_noio_save();
 
-	ptr = __vmalloc(c->block_size, gfp_mask, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	ptr = __vmalloc(c->block_size, gfp_mask | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL);
 
 	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY)
 		memalloc_noio_restore(noio_flag);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index 81a79b739e97..12f04868e899 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ static int copy_params(struct dm_ioctl __user *user, struct dm_ioctl *param_kern
 	if (!dmi) {
 		unsigned noio_flag;
 		noio_flag = memalloc_noio_save();
-		dmi = __vmalloc(param_kernel->data_size, GFP_NOIO | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_HIGH, PAGE_KERNEL);
+		dmi = __vmalloc(param_kernel->data_size, GFP_NOIO | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_HIGH | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL);
 		memalloc_noio_restore(noio_flag);
 		if (dmi)
 			*param_flags |= DM_PARAMS_VMALLOC;