diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 1302f834..545e4d3 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -209,6 +209,12 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
+__attribute__((weak))
+void *alloc_bootmem_high_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static struct page __init *sparse_early_mem_map_alloc(unsigned long pnum)
 {
 	struct page *map;
@@ -219,6 +225,11 @@
 	if (map)
 		return map;
 
+  	map = alloc_bootmem_high_node(NODE_DATA(nid),
+                       sizeof(struct page) * PAGES_PER_SECTION);
+	if (map)
+		return map;
+
 	map = alloc_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(nid),
 			sizeof(struct page) * PAGES_PER_SECTION);
 	if (map)