diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index 59f3f0df35d..aef265325cd 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -753,8 +753,14 @@ static struct page *kimage_alloc_page(struct kimage *image,
 			*old = addr | (*old & ~PAGE_MASK);
 
 			/* The old page I have found cannot be a
-			 * destination page, so return it.
+			 * destination page, so return it if it's
+			 * gfp_flags honor the ones passed in.
 			 */
+			if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_HIGHMEM) &&
+			    PageHighMem(old_page)) {
+				kimage_free_pages(old_page);
+				continue;
+			}
 			addr = old_addr;
 			page = old_page;
 			break;