diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 61bd556391d6..296980009c4d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5f76d7078ce784916d55fc4e1bb0a42985f085a6
+refs/heads/master: 72e9cf2ab12ef3e050577ffebdb0c88a28df821d
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/xen/balloon.c b/trunk/drivers/xen/balloon.c
index a767884a6c7a..31ab82fda38a 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/xen/balloon.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/xen/balloon.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(balloon_set_new_target);
  * alloc_xenballooned_pages - get pages that have been ballooned out
  * @nr_pages: Number of pages to get
  * @pages: pages returned
- * @highmem: highmem or lowmem pages
+ * @highmem: allow highmem pages
  * @return 0 on success, error otherwise
  */
 int alloc_xenballooned_pages(int nr_pages, struct page **pages, bool highmem)
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ int alloc_xenballooned_pages(int nr_pages, struct page **pages, bool highmem)
 	mutex_lock(&balloon_mutex);
 	while (pgno < nr_pages) {
 		page = balloon_retrieve(highmem);
-		if (page && PageHighMem(page) == highmem) {
+		if (page && (highmem || !PageHighMem(page))) {
 			pages[pgno++] = page;
 		} else {
 			enum bp_state st;