diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 1eacf8d9966..27a5ea6b6a0 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -1312,7 +1312,8 @@ void *nf_ct_alloc_hashtable(unsigned int *sizep, int *vmalloced, int nulls)
 	if (!hash) {
 		*vmalloced = 1;
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "nf_conntrack: falling back to vmalloc.\n");
-		hash = __vmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, PAGE_KERNEL);
+		hash = __vmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_ZERO,
+				 PAGE_KERNEL);
 	}
 
 	if (hash && nulls)