diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 9d3870862293..fa974d87f60d 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4937,16 +4937,18 @@ static void __paginginit free_area_init_core(struct pglist_data *pgdat,
 		 * and per-cpu initialisations
 		 */
 		memmap_pages = calc_memmap_size(size, realsize);
-		if (freesize >= memmap_pages) {
-			freesize -= memmap_pages;
-			if (memmap_pages)
-				printk(KERN_DEBUG
-				       "  %s zone: %lu pages used for memmap\n",
-				       zone_names[j], memmap_pages);
-		} else
-			printk(KERN_WARNING
-				"  %s zone: %lu pages exceeds freesize %lu\n",
-				zone_names[j], memmap_pages, freesize);
+		if (!is_highmem_idx(j)) {
+			if (freesize >= memmap_pages) {
+				freesize -= memmap_pages;
+				if (memmap_pages)
+					printk(KERN_DEBUG
+					       "  %s zone: %lu pages used for memmap\n",
+					       zone_names[j], memmap_pages);
+			} else
+				printk(KERN_WARNING
+					"  %s zone: %lu pages exceeds freesize %lu\n",
+					zone_names[j], memmap_pages, freesize);
+		}
 
 		/* Account for reserved pages */
 		if (j == 0 && freesize > dma_reserve) {