diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c
index c18586fccb6f..17defbf4f332 100644
--- a/drivers/block/brd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/brd.c
@@ -96,13 +96,8 @@ static struct page *brd_insert_page(struct brd_device *brd, sector_t sector)
 	/*
 	 * Must use NOIO because we don't want to recurse back into the
 	 * block or filesystem layers from page reclaim.
-	 *
-	 * Cannot support DAX and highmem, because our ->direct_access
-	 * routine for DAX must return memory that is always addressable.
-	 * If DAX was reworked to use pfns and kmap throughout, this
-	 * restriction might be able to be lifted.
 	 */
-	gfp_flags = GFP_NOIO | __GFP_ZERO;
+	gfp_flags = GFP_NOIO | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_HIGHMEM;
 	page = alloc_page(gfp_flags);
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;