diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
index 1ab205a4bf69..8dc29502dc08 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
@@ -1011,17 +1011,11 @@ static void bm_page_io_async(struct bm_aio_ctx *ctx, int page_nr, int rw) __must
 	bm_set_page_unchanged(b->bm_pages[page_nr]);
 
 	if (ctx->flags & BM_AIO_COPY_PAGES) {
-		void *src, *dest;
 		page = mempool_alloc(drbd_md_io_page_pool, __GFP_HIGHMEM|__GFP_WAIT);
-		dest = kmap_atomic(page);
-		src = kmap_atomic(b->bm_pages[page_nr]);
-		memcpy(dest, src, PAGE_SIZE);
-		kunmap_atomic(src);
-		kunmap_atomic(dest);
+		copy_highpage(page, b->bm_pages[page_nr]);
 		bm_store_page_idx(page, page_nr);
 	} else
 		page = b->bm_pages[page_nr];
-
 	bio->bi_bdev = mdev->ldev->md_bdev;
 	bio->bi_sector = on_disk_sector;
 	/* bio_add_page of a single page to an empty bio will always succeed,