diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 745f38e12a..f2153193a3 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -1091,6 +1091,9 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in *_linux* | *_umlinux*)
 				     [#include <linux/kernel.h>
 				      #include <linux/kthread.h>],
 				     [kthread_run(NULL, NULL, "test");])
+		 AC_CHECK_LINUX_FUNC([inode_nohighmem],
+				     [#include <linux/fs.h>],
+				     [inode_nohighmem(NULL);])
 
 		 dnl Consequences - things which get set as a result of the
 		 dnl                above tests
diff --git a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
index eb8a269bd2..6a8e95b465 100644
--- a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
+++ b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
@@ -3149,6 +3149,9 @@ afs_fill_inode(struct inode *ip, struct vattr *vattr)
 
     } else if (S_ISLNK(ip->i_mode)) {
 	ip->i_op = &afs_symlink_iops;
+#if defined(HAVE_LINUX_INODE_NOHIGHMEM)
+	inode_nohighmem(ip);
+#endif
 #if defined(USABLE_KERNEL_PAGE_SYMLINK_CACHE)
 	ip->i_data.a_ops = &afs_symlink_aops;
 	ip->i_mapping = &ip->i_data;