diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 736d456..67c69ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2694,6 +2694,13 @@
 					medium is write-protected).
 			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
 
+	userpte=
+			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
+
+				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
+					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
+					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
+
 	vdso=		[X86,SH]
 			vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
 			vdso=1: enable VDSO (default)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 0e8c2a0..271de94 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 #endif
 
 /*
+ * Flags to use when allocating a user page table page.
+ */
+extern gfp_t __userpte_alloc_gfp;
+
+/*
  * Allocate and free page tables.
  */
 extern pgd_t *pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *);
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
index ed34f5e..c9ba9de 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@
 
 #define PGALLOC_GFP GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHPTE
+#define PGALLOC_USER_GFP __GFP_HIGHMEM
+#else
+#define PGALLOC_USER_GFP 0
+#endif
+
+gfp_t __userpte_alloc_gfp = PGALLOC_GFP | PGALLOC_USER_GFP;
+
 pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
 	return (pte_t *)__get_free_page(PGALLOC_GFP);
@@ -15,16 +23,29 @@
 {
 	struct page *pte;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHPTE
-	pte = alloc_pages(PGALLOC_GFP | __GFP_HIGHMEM, 0);
-#else
-	pte = alloc_pages(PGALLOC_GFP, 0);
-#endif
+	pte = alloc_pages(__userpte_alloc_gfp, 0);
 	if (pte)
 		pgtable_page_ctor(pte);
 	return pte;
 }
 
+static int __init setup_userpte(char *arg)
+{
+	if (!arg)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * "userpte=nohigh" disables allocation of user pagetables in
+	 * high memory.
+	 */
+	if (strcmp(arg, "nohigh") == 0)
+		__userpte_alloc_gfp &= ~__GFP_HIGHMEM;
+	else
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("userpte", setup_userpte);
+
 void ___pte_free_tlb(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct page *pte)
 {
 	pgtable_page_dtor(pte);