diff --git a/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c b/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
index 1336da8bdee125f5b0ba227360d89c4709264323..1ad5111aec381d7042648c0a871f2707181f3400 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
@@ -761,3 +761,9 @@ int in_gate_area_no_task(unsigned long addr)
 {
 	return (addr >= VSYSCALL_START) && (addr < VSYSCALL_END);
 }
+
+void *alloc_bootmem_high_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size)
+{
+	return __alloc_bootmem_core(pgdat->bdata, size,
+			SMP_CACHE_BYTES, (4UL*1024*1024*1024), 0);
+}
diff --git a/include/linux/bootmem.h b/include/linux/bootmem.h
index 0365ec9fc0c9248422801fe71b232d1188a12972..c83534ee1e796c46b2cc47c129ad3924cedbeb20 100644
--- a/include/linux/bootmem.h
+++ b/include/linux/bootmem.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ extern void *__alloc_bootmem_core(struct bootmem_data *bdata,
 				  unsigned long align,
 				  unsigned long goal,
 				  unsigned long limit);
+extern void *alloc_bootmem_high_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size);
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM_NODE
 extern void reserve_bootmem(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size);
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 1302f8348d51c8dbc10d104c333eeea3e01a6f1a..545e4d3afcdff14877204b270bf6e671c33d5509 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -209,6 +209,12 @@ static int __meminit sparse_init_one_section(struct mem_section *ms,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+__attribute__((weak))
+void *alloc_bootmem_high_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static struct page __init *sparse_early_mem_map_alloc(unsigned long pnum)
 {
 	struct page *map;
@@ -219,6 +225,11 @@ static struct page __init *sparse_early_mem_map_alloc(unsigned long pnum)
 	if (map)
 		return map;
 
+  	map = alloc_bootmem_high_node(NODE_DATA(nid),
+                       sizeof(struct page) * PAGES_PER_SECTION);
+	if (map)
+		return map;
+
 	map = alloc_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(nid),
 			sizeof(struct page) * PAGES_PER_SECTION);
 	if (map)