diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/cache.c b/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
index 5a67d8c3decb70931bac99f6eb09d36b9d742acb..8befa55234dff2feaffc48243f11a4370bfcc447 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
@@ -149,9 +149,17 @@ void __update_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 		return;
 	page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
 	if (page_mapping(page) && Page_dcache_dirty(page)) {
-		addr = (unsigned long) page_address(page);
+		if (PageHighMem(page))
+			addr = (unsigned long)kmap_atomic(page);
+		else
+			addr = (unsigned long)page_address(page);
+
 		if (exec || pages_do_alias(addr, address & PAGE_MASK))
 			flush_data_cache_page(addr);
+
+		if (PageHighMem(page))
+			__kunmap_atomic((void *)addr);
+
 		ClearPageDcacheDirty(page);
 	}
 }