diff --git a/mm/zsmalloc.c b/mm/zsmalloc.c
index c36fdff9a371..918c7b019b3d 100644
--- a/mm/zsmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/zsmalloc.c
@@ -1122,10 +1122,16 @@ static inline int __zs_cpu_up(struct mapping_area *area)
 	 */
 	if (area->vm)
 		return 0;
-	area->vm = alloc_vm_area(PAGE_SIZE * 2, NULL);
+	area->vm = get_vm_area(PAGE_SIZE * 2, 0);
 	if (!area->vm)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Populate ptes in advance to avoid pte allocation with GFP_KERNEL
+	 * in non-preemtible context of zs_map_object.
+	 */
+	return apply_to_page_range(&init_mm, (unsigned long)area->vm->addr,
+			PAGE_SIZE * 2, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 static inline void __zs_cpu_down(struct mapping_area *area)