diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 3ab942f78760..65bd206e04a9 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2494,7 +2494,8 @@ static int copy_module_from_user(const void __user *umod, unsigned long len,
 		return err;
 
 	/* Suck in entire file: we'll want most of it. */
-	info->hdr = vmalloc(info->len);
+	info->hdr = __vmalloc(info->len,
+			GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_NOWARN, PAGE_KERNEL);
 	if (!info->hdr)
 		return -ENOMEM;