diff --git a/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-arm.c b/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-arm.c
index 62df2528d020b2..08d0f62abe8a09 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-arm.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-arm.c
@@ -267,8 +267,6 @@ static void *__arm_lpae_alloc_pages(size_t size, gfp_t gfp,
 	dma_addr_t dma;
 	void *pages;
 
-	VM_BUG_ON((gfp & __GFP_HIGHMEM));
-
 	if (cfg->alloc)
 		pages = cfg->alloc(cookie, size, gfp);
 	else
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-dart.c b/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-dart.c
index c80ccc753b5e60..8b5403aae8c0ca 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-dart.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-dart.c
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ static void *__dart_alloc_pages(size_t size, gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	int order = get_order(size);
 
-	VM_BUG_ON((gfp & __GFP_HIGHMEM));
 	return iommu_alloc_pages(gfp, order);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommu-pages.c b/drivers/iommu/iommu-pages.c
index 3077df642adb1f..a7eed09420a231 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommu-pages.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommu-pages.c
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ void *iommu_alloc_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order)
 	const unsigned long pgcnt = 1UL << order;
 	struct folio *folio;
 
+	/* This uses page_address() on the memory. */
+	if (WARN_ON(gfp & __GFP_HIGHMEM))
+		return NULL;
+
 	/*
 	 * __folio_alloc_node() does not handle NUMA_NO_NODE like
 	 * alloc_pages_node() did.