diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 8903c484389adfe18be39db99b29c5e5840ed296..5398d48c360a96efafe69a7e5ad2f590c7693a43 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ struct page __init *sparse_mem_map_populate(unsigned long pnum, int nid)
 	if (map)
 		return map;
 
-	map = alloc_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(nid),
-			sizeof(struct page) * PAGES_PER_SECTION);
+	map = alloc_bootmem_pages_node(NODE_DATA(nid),
+		       PAGE_ALIGN(sizeof(struct page) * PAGES_PER_SECTION));
 	return map;
 }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */