1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 752c5570f2f6..e6ef9bd52335 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -1456,7 +1456,14 @@ static void *kmem_getpages(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t flags, int nodeid)
         int i;
 
         flags |= cachep->gfpflags;
+#ifndef CONFIG_MMU
+        /* nommu uses slab's for process anonymous memory allocations, so
+         * requires __GFP_COMP to properly refcount higher order allocations"
+         */
+        page = alloc_pages_node(nodeid, (flags | __GFP_COMP), cachep->gfporder);
+#else
         page = alloc_pages_node(nodeid, flags, cachep->gfporder);
+#endif
         if (!page)
                 return NULL;
         addr = page_address(page);