--- x/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ y/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ static void prep_new_page(struct page *p
 {
 	post_alloc_hook(page, order, gfp_flags);
 
-	if (order && (gfp_flags & __GFP_COMP))
+	if (order && ((gfp_flags & __GFP_COMP) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT)))
 		prep_compound_page(page, order);
 
 	/*