diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
index 403dadea5bb2..126f45ac5bf9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2011 Google, Inc.
- * Copyright (c) 2011-2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2019, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
  * License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ static struct page_info *alloc_from_pool_preferred(
 	struct page_info *info;
 	int i;
 
+	if (buffer->flags & ION_FLAG_POOL_FORCE_ALLOC)
+		goto force_alloc;
+
 	info = kmalloc(sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!info)
 		return NULL;
@@ -301,6 +304,7 @@ static struct page_info *alloc_from_pool_preferred(
 	}
 
 	kfree(info);
+force_alloc:
 	return alloc_largest_available(heap, buffer, size, max_order);
 }