diff --git a/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kmem-cache.c b/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kmem-cache.c
index 5594b2f80..211180e08 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kmem-cache.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kmem-cache.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ kv_alloc(spl_kmem_cache_t *skc, int size, int flags)
 
 	if (skc->skc_flags & KMC_RECLAIMABLE)
 		lflags |= __GFP_RECLAIMABLE;
-	ptr = spl_vmalloc(size, lflags | __GFP_HIGHMEM);
+	ptr = spl_vmalloc(size, lflags);
 
 	/* Resulting allocated memory will be page aligned */
 	ASSERT(IS_P2ALIGNED(ptr, PAGE_SIZE));
diff --git a/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kmem.c b/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kmem.c
index 9fe008cef..9fe4042b5 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kmem.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kmem.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ spl_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t lflags)
 		return (ptr);
 	}
 
-	return (spl_vmalloc(size, lflags | __GFP_HIGHMEM));
+	return (spl_vmalloc(size, lflags));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ spl_kmem_alloc_impl(size_t size, int flags, int node)
 		 */
 		if (size > spl_kmem_alloc_max) {
 			if (flags & KM_VMEM) {
-				ptr = spl_vmalloc(size, lflags | __GFP_HIGHMEM);
+				ptr = spl_vmalloc(size, lflags);
 			} else {
 				return (NULL);
 			}