diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c
index c66c943d9322..f1a76935a314 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
 	 * easier than trying to map the text, data, init_text and
 	 * init_data correctly */
 	return __vmalloc_node_range(size, 1, VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END,
-				    GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM,
+				    GFP_KERNEL,
 				    PAGE_KERNEL_RWX, 0, NUMA_NO_NODE,
 				    __builtin_return_address(0));
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/module.c b/arch/x86/kernel/module.c
index 477ae806c2fa..f67bd3205df7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/module.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
 
 	p = __vmalloc_node_range(size, MODULE_ALIGN,
 				    MODULES_VADDR + get_module_load_offset(),
-				    MODULES_END, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM,
+				    MODULES_END, GFP_KERNEL,
 				    PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC, 0, NUMA_NO_NODE,
 				    __builtin_return_address(0));
 	if (p && (kasan_module_alloc(p, size) < 0)) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
index dece26f119d4..a804a4107fbc 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ static struct page **bm_realloc_pages(struct drbd_bitmap *b, unsigned long want)
 	new_pages = kzalloc(bytes, GFP_NOIO | __GFP_NOWARN);
 	if (!new_pages) {
 		new_pages = __vmalloc(bytes,
-				GFP_NOIO | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_ZERO,
+				GFP_NOIO | __GFP_ZERO,
 				PAGE_KERNEL);
 		if (!new_pages)
 			return NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_dump.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_dump.c
index d019b5e311cc..2d955d7d7b6d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_dump.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_dump.c
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ void etnaviv_core_dump(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu)
 	file_size += sizeof(*iter.hdr) * n_obj;
 
 	/* Allocate the file in vmalloc memory, it's likely to be big */
-	iter.start = __vmalloc(file_size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM |
-			       __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	iter.start = __vmalloc(file_size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY,
+			       PAGE_KERNEL);
 	if (!iter.start) {
 		dev_warn(gpu->dev, "failed to allocate devcoredump file\n");
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
index c92c31b23e54..5db11a405129 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ static void *alloc_buffer_data(struct dm_bufio_client *c, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY)
 		noio_flag = memalloc_noio_save();
 
-	ptr = __vmalloc(c->block_size, gfp_mask | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	ptr = __vmalloc(c->block_size, gfp_mask, PAGE_KERNEL);
 
 	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY)
 		memalloc_noio_restore(noio_flag);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c
index dd7fb22a955a..fc0bd8406758 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c
@@ -167,8 +167,7 @@ static u8 *alloc_bitmap(u32 bitmap_size)
 	if (mem)
 		return mem;
 
-	return __vmalloc(bitmap_size, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_ZERO,
-			 PAGE_KERNEL);
+	return __vmalloc(bitmap_size, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_ZERO, PAGE_KERNEL);
 }
 
 int convert_free_space_to_bitmaps(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index ad6f094f2eff..1c2972e3a405 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static void *alloc_fdmem(size_t size)
 		if (data != NULL)
 			return data;
 	}
-	return __vmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	return __vmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT, PAGE_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static void __free_fdtable(struct fdtable *fdt)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/kmem.c b/fs/xfs/kmem.c
index 780fc8986dab..393b6849aeb3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/kmem.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/kmem.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ kmem_zalloc_large(size_t size, xfs_km_flags_t flags)
 		nofs_flag = memalloc_nofs_save();
 
 	lflags = kmem_flags_convert(flags);
-	ptr = __vmalloc(size, lflags | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_ZERO, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	ptr = __vmalloc(size, lflags | __GFP_ZERO, PAGE_KERNEL);
 
 	if (flags & KM_NOFS)
 		memalloc_nofs_restore(nofs_flag);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_mem_util.h b/include/drm/drm_mem_util.h
index 70d4e221a3ad..d0f6cf2e5324 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_mem_util.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_mem_util.h
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ static __inline__ void *drm_calloc_large(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
 	if (size * nmemb <= PAGE_SIZE)
 	    return kcalloc(nmemb, size, GFP_KERNEL);
 
-	return __vmalloc(size * nmemb,
-			 GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_ZERO, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	return vzalloc(size * nmemb);
 }
 
 /* Modeled after cairo's malloc_ab, it's like calloc but without the zeroing. */
@@ -50,8 +49,7 @@ static __inline__ void *drm_malloc_ab(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
 	if (size * nmemb <= PAGE_SIZE)
 	    return kmalloc(nmemb * size, GFP_KERNEL);
 
-	return __vmalloc(size * nmemb,
-			 GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	return vmalloc(size * nmemb);
 }
 
 static __inline__ void *drm_malloc_gfp(size_t nmemb, size_t size, gfp_t gfp)
@@ -69,8 +67,7 @@ static __inline__ void *drm_malloc_gfp(size_t nmemb, size_t size, gfp_t gfp)
 			return ptr;
 	}
 
-	return __vmalloc(size * nmemb,
-			 gfp | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	return __vmalloc(size * nmemb, gfp, PAGE_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static __inline void drm_free_large(void *ptr)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
index 6f81e0f5a0fa..dedf367f59bb 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ void *bpf_internal_load_pointer_neg_helper(const struct sk_buff *skb, int k, uns
 
 struct bpf_prog *bpf_prog_alloc(unsigned int size, gfp_t gfp_extra_flags)
 {
-	gfp_t gfp_flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_ZERO |
-			  gfp_extra_flags;
+	gfp_t gfp_flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | gfp_extra_flags;
 	struct bpf_prog_aux *aux;
 	struct bpf_prog *fp;
 
@@ -107,8 +106,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bpf_prog_alloc);
 struct bpf_prog *bpf_prog_realloc(struct bpf_prog *fp_old, unsigned int size,
 				  gfp_t gfp_extra_flags)
 {
-	gfp_t gfp_flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_ZERO |
-			  gfp_extra_flags;
+	gfp_t gfp_flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | gfp_extra_flags;
 	struct bpf_prog *fp;
 	u32 pages, delta;
 	int ret;
@@ -655,8 +653,7 @@ static int bpf_jit_blind_insn(const struct bpf_insn *from,
 static struct bpf_prog *bpf_prog_clone_create(struct bpf_prog *fp_other,
 					      gfp_t gfp_extra_flags)
 {
-	gfp_t gfp_flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_ZERO |
-			  gfp_extra_flags;
+	gfp_t gfp_flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | gfp_extra_flags;
 	struct bpf_prog *fp;
 
 	fp = __vmalloc(fp_other->pages * PAGE_SIZE, gfp_flags, PAGE_KERNEL);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 13642c73dca0..fd2411fd6914 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ void *bpf_map_area_alloc(size_t size)
 			return area;
 	}
 
-	return __vmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM | flags,
-			 PAGE_KERNEL);
+	return __vmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | flags, PAGE_KERNEL);
 }
 
 void bpf_map_area_free(void *area)
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 55e325f4b457..08ba696aa561 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static unsigned long *alloc_thread_stack_node(struct task_struct *tsk, int node)
 
 	stack = __vmalloc_node_range(THREAD_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE,
 				     VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END,
-				     THREADINFO_GFP | __GFP_HIGHMEM,
+				     THREADINFO_GFP,
 				     PAGE_KERNEL,
 				     0, node, __builtin_return_address(0));
 
diff --git a/kernel/groups.c b/kernel/groups.c
index 8dd7a61b7115..d09727692a2a 100644
--- a/kernel/groups.c
+++ b/kernel/groups.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ struct group_info *groups_alloc(int gidsetsize)
 	len = sizeof(struct group_info) + sizeof(kgid_t) * gidsetsize;
 	gi = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY);
 	if (!gi)
-		gi = __vmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT|__GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL);
+		gi = __vmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT, PAGE_KERNEL);
 	if (!gi)
 		return NULL;
 
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index f37308b733d8..2b316b954828 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2864,7 +2864,7 @@ static int copy_module_from_user(const void __user *umod, unsigned long len,
 
 	/* Suck in entire file: we'll want most of it. */
 	info->hdr = __vmalloc(info->len,
-			GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_NOWARN, PAGE_KERNEL);
+			GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN, PAGE_KERNEL);
 	if (!info->hdr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/mm/kasan/kasan.c b/mm/kasan/kasan.c
index 9348d27088c1..b10da59cf765 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/kasan.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/kasan.c
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ int kasan_module_alloc(void *addr, size_t size)
 
 	ret = __vmalloc_node_range(shadow_size, 1, shadow_start,
 			shadow_start + shadow_size,
-			GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_ZERO,
+			GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
 			PAGE_KERNEL, VM_NO_GUARD, NUMA_NO_NODE,
 			__builtin_return_address(0));
 
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index a80411d258fc..fc184f597d59 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -246,8 +246,7 @@ void *vmalloc_user(unsigned long size)
 {
 	void *ret;
 
-	ret = __vmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_ZERO,
-			PAGE_KERNEL);
+	ret = __vmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, PAGE_KERNEL);
 	if (ret) {
 		struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index f4e590b2c0da..718154debc87 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ void *kvmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
 	if (ret || size <= PAGE_SIZE)
 		return ret;
 
-	return __vmalloc_node_flags(size, node, flags | __GFP_HIGHMEM);
+	return __vmalloc_node_flags(size, node, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kvmalloc_node);
 
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 717b1e8b942c..1dda6d8a200a 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1655,7 +1655,7 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	struct page **pages;
 	unsigned int nr_pages, array_size, i;
 	const gfp_t nested_gfp = (gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK) | __GFP_ZERO;
-	const gfp_t alloc_mask = gfp_mask | __GFP_NOWARN;
+	const gfp_t alloc_mask = gfp_mask | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_NOWARN;
 
 	nr_pages = get_vm_area_size(area) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	array_size = (nr_pages * sizeof(struct page *));
@@ -1818,7 +1818,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__vmalloc);
 void *vmalloc(unsigned long size)
 {
 	return __vmalloc_node_flags(size, NUMA_NO_NODE,
-				    GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM);
+				    GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmalloc);
 
@@ -1835,7 +1835,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmalloc);
 void *vzalloc(unsigned long size)
 {
 	return __vmalloc_node_flags(size, NUMA_NO_NODE,
-				GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_ZERO);
+				GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vzalloc);
 
@@ -1852,7 +1852,7 @@ void *vmalloc_user(unsigned long size)
 	void *ret;
 
 	ret = __vmalloc_node(size, SHMLBA,
-			     GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_ZERO,
+			     GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
 			     PAGE_KERNEL, NUMA_NO_NODE,
 			     __builtin_return_address(0));
 	if (ret) {
@@ -1876,7 +1876,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmalloc_user);
  */
 void *vmalloc_node(unsigned long size, int node)
 {
-	return __vmalloc_node(size, 1, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL,
+	return __vmalloc_node(size, 1, GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL,
 					node, __builtin_return_address(0));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmalloc_node);
@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmalloc_node);
 void *vzalloc_node(unsigned long size, int node)
 {
 	return __vmalloc_node_flags(size, node,
-			 GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_ZERO);
+			 GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vzalloc_node);
 
@@ -1918,7 +1918,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vzalloc_node);
 
 void *vmalloc_exec(unsigned long size)
 {
-	return __vmalloc_node(size, 1, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC,
+	return __vmalloc_node(size, 1, GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC,
 			      NUMA_NO_NODE, __builtin_return_address(0));
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ceph/ceph_common.c b/net/ceph/ceph_common.c
index 108533859a53..4eb773ccce11 100644
--- a/net/ceph/ceph_common.c
+++ b/net/ceph/ceph_common.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ void *ceph_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 			return ptr;
 	}
 
-	return __vmalloc(size, flags | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	return __vmalloc(size, flags, PAGE_KERNEL);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
index 3d0584665b5d..8876b7da6884 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
@@ -998,8 +998,7 @@ struct xt_table_info *xt_alloc_table_info(unsigned int size)
 	if (sz <= (PAGE_SIZE << PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER))
 		info = kmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY);
 	if (!info) {
-		info = __vmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN |
-				     __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_HIGHMEM,
+		info = __vmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY,
 				 PAGE_KERNEL);
 		if (!info)
 			return NULL;