diff --git a/sys/arm/arm/pmap.c b/sys/arm/arm/pmap.c
index dcd53c86b955..3e92f4aad207 100644
--- a/sys/arm/arm/pmap.c
+++ b/sys/arm/arm/pmap.c
@@ -431,10 +431,10 @@ pmap_init_l1(struct l1_ttable *l1, pd_entry_t *l1pt)
 
 	l1->l1_kva = l1pt;
 	l1->l1_domain_use_count = 0;
-	l1->l1_domain_first = 0;
+	l1->l1_domain_first = 1;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < PMAP_DOMAINS; i++)
-		l1->l1_domain_free[i] = i + 1;
+		l1->l1_domain_free[i] = i + 2;
 
 	/*
 	 * Copy the kernel's L1 entries to each new L1.
diff --git a/sys/arm/include/pmap.h b/sys/arm/include/pmap.h
index bf7de7cc11d3..b95c1b4f3a8c 100644
--- a/sys/arm/include/pmap.h
+++ b/sys/arm/include/pmap.h
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ int pmap_fault_fixup(pmap_t, vm_offset_t, vm_prot_t, int);
 /*
  * Definitions for MMU domains
  */
-#define	PMAP_DOMAINS		15	/* 15 'user' domains (0-14) */
-#define	PMAP_DOMAIN_KERNEL	15	/* The kernel uses domain #15 */
+#define	PMAP_DOMAINS		15	/* 15 'user' domains (1-15) */
+#define	PMAP_DOMAIN_KERNEL	0	/* The kernel uses domain #0 */
 
 /*
  * The new pmap ensures that page-tables are always mapping Write-Thru.