diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
index 3383a881b720..35b3726e4a34 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static int ion_system_heap_allocate(struct ion_heap *heap,
 		goto err0;
 	for_each_sg(table->sgl, sg, table->nents, i) {
 		struct page *page;
-		page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+		page = alloc_page(GFP_HIGHUSER | __GFP_ZERO);
 		if (!page)
 			goto err1;
 		sg_set_page(sg, page, PAGE_SIZE, 0);