1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index da432d9f0ae8..6ce4aab69e99 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -62,9 +62,12 @@ static struct mem_section noinline __init_refok *sparse_index_alloc(int nid)
         unsigned long array_size = SECTIONS_PER_ROOT *
                                    sizeof(struct mem_section);
 
-        if (slab_is_available())
-                section = kmalloc_node(array_size, GFP_KERNEL, nid);
-        else
+        if (slab_is_available()) {
+                if (node_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY))
+                        section = kmalloc_node(array_size, GFP_KERNEL, nid);
+                else
+                        section = kmalloc(array_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+        } else
                 section = alloc_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(nid), array_size);
 
         if (section)