diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/thread_info.h b/include/asm-ia64/thread_info.h
index 56394a2c7055daed97e57b1fb3966e2acfd19622..e5392c4d30c69fd73bfefb47da912a36212ad53b 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/thread_info.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define end_of_stack(p) (unsigned long *)((void *)(p) + IA64_RBS_OFFSET)
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ALLOCATOR
-#define alloc_task_struct()	((task_t *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, KERNEL_STACK_SIZE_ORDER))
+#define alloc_task_struct()	((task_t *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_COMP, KERNEL_STACK_SIZE_ORDER))
 #define free_task_struct(tsk)	free_pages((unsigned long) (tsk), KERNEL_STACK_SIZE_ORDER)
 
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY */