diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/binder.c b/drivers/staging/android/binder.c
index db6c4c5c2551..5d4610babd8a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/binder.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/binder.c
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ static int binder_update_page_range(struct binder_proc *proc, int allocate,
 		page = &proc->pages[(page_addr - proc->buffer) / PAGE_SIZE];
 
 		BUG_ON(*page);
-		*page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
+		*page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_ZERO);
 		if (*page == NULL) {
 			pr_err("binder: %d: binder_alloc_buf failed "
 			       "for page at %p\n", proc->pid, page_addr);