diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/ioport.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/ioport.c
index d0f2bd227c4c..d39c9f206271 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/ioport.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/ioport.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ void *sbus_alloc_consistent(struct sbus_dev *sdev, long len, u32 *dma_addrp)
 	}
 
 	order = get_order(len_total);
-	if ((va = __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, order)) == 0)
+	if ((va = __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_COMP, order)) == 0)
 		goto err_nopages;
 
 	if ((res = kmalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sbus.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sbus.c
index 96b825055668..d95a1bcf163d 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sbus.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sbus.c
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ void *sbus_alloc_consistent(struct sbus_dev *sdev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dvma
 	order = get_order(size);
 	if (order >= 10)
 		return NULL;
-	first_page = __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, order);
+	first_page = __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_COMP, order);
 	if (first_page == 0UL)
 		return NULL;
 	memset((char *)first_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE << order);
diff --git a/sound/core/memalloc.c b/sound/core/memalloc.c
index 129abab5ce98..e4b8959dd4bb 100644
--- a/sound/core/memalloc.c
+++ b/sound/core/memalloc.c
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ void *snd_malloc_pages(size_t size, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 
 	snd_assert(size > 0, return NULL);
 	snd_assert(gfp_flags != 0, return NULL);
+	gfp_flags |= __GFP_COMP;	/* compound page lets parts be mapped */
 	pg = get_order(size);
 	if ((res = (void *) __get_free_pages(gfp_flags, pg)) != NULL) {
 		mark_pages(virt_to_page(res), pg);
@@ -241,6 +242,7 @@ static void *snd_malloc_dev_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *d
 	snd_assert(dma != NULL, return NULL);
 	pg = get_order(size);
 	gfp_flags = GFP_KERNEL
+		| __GFP_COMP	/* compound page lets parts be mapped */
 		| __GFP_NORETRY /* don't trigger OOM-killer */
 		| __GFP_NOWARN; /* no stack trace print - this call is non-critical */
 	res = dma_alloc_coherent(dev, PAGE_SIZE << pg, dma, gfp_flags);