diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 096b857e7b75..abdb341887f5 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static struct vring_desc *alloc_indirect(struct virtqueue *_vq,
 	 * otherwise virt_to_phys will give us bogus addresses in the
 	 * virtqueue.
 	 */
-	gfp &= ~(__GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_HIGH);
+	gfp &= ~__GFP_HIGHMEM;
 
 	desc = kmalloc(total_sg * sizeof(struct vring_desc), gfp);
 	if (!desc)