diff --git a/module/spl/spl-kmem.c b/module/spl/spl-kmem.c
index 55c467b97..b673c2915 100644
--- a/module/spl/spl-kmem.c
+++ b/module/spl/spl-kmem.c
@@ -864,7 +864,8 @@ kv_alloc(spl_kmem_cache_t *skc, int size, int flags)
 	ASSERT(ISP2(size));
 
 	if (skc->skc_flags & KMC_KMEM)
-		ptr = (void *)__get_free_pages(flags, get_order(size));
+		ptr = (void *)__get_free_pages(flags | __GFP_COMP,
+		    get_order(size));
 	else
 		ptr = __vmalloc(size, flags | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL);