diff --git a/mm/page_ext.c b/mm/page_ext.c
index 88ccc044b09a..714ce79256c5 100644
--- a/mm/page_ext.c
+++ b/mm/page_ext.c
@@ -222,10 +222,7 @@ static void *__meminit alloc_page_ext(size_t size, int nid)
 		return addr;
 	}
 
-	if (node_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY))
-		addr = vzalloc_node(size, nid);
-	else
-		addr = vzalloc(size);
+	addr = vzalloc_node(size, nid);
 
 	return addr;
 }
diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
index c50b1a14d55e..d1a39b8051e0 100644
--- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
@@ -54,14 +54,9 @@ void * __meminit vmemmap_alloc_block(unsigned long size, int node)
 	if (slab_is_available()) {
 		struct page *page;
 
-		if (node_state(node, N_HIGH_MEMORY))
-			page = alloc_pages_node(
-				node, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL,
-				get_order(size));
-		else
-			page = alloc_pages(
-				GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL,
-				get_order(size));
+		page = alloc_pages_node(node,
+			GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL,
+			get_order(size));
 		if (page)
 			return page_address(page);
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 7b4be3fd5cac..a9783acf2bb9 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -65,14 +65,10 @@ static noinline struct mem_section __ref *sparse_index_alloc(int nid)
 	unsigned long array_size = SECTIONS_PER_ROOT *
 				   sizeof(struct mem_section);
 
-	if (slab_is_available()) {
-		if (node_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY))
-			section = kzalloc_node(array_size, GFP_KERNEL, nid);
-		else
-			section = kzalloc(array_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	} else {
+	if (slab_is_available())
+		section = kzalloc_node(array_size, GFP_KERNEL, nid);
+	else
 		section = memblock_virt_alloc_node(array_size, nid);
-	}
 
 	return section;
 }