--- x/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ y/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ struct sk_buff *__alloc_skb(unsigned int
 	    likely(node == NUMA_NO_NODE || node == numa_mem_id()))
 		skb = napi_skb_cache_get();
 	else
-		skb = kmem_cache_alloc_node(cache, gfp_mask & ~GFP_DMA, node);
+		skb = kmem_cache_alloc_node(cache, gfp_mask & ~(GFP_DMA | __GFP_HIGHMEM), node);
 	if (unlikely(!skb))
 		return NULL;
 	prefetchw(skb);