diff --git a/sys/vm/uma_core.c b/sys/vm/uma_core.c
index 44c91e66769a..b2e02dd68540 100644
--- a/sys/vm/uma_core.c
+++ b/sys/vm/uma_core.c
@@ -1306,10 +1306,6 @@ keg_large_init(uma_keg_t keg)
 	keg->uk_ipers = 1;
 	keg->uk_rsize = keg->uk_size;
 
-	/* We can't do OFFPAGE if we're internal, bail out here. */
-	if (keg->uk_flags & UMA_ZFLAG_INTERNAL)
-		return;
-
 	/* Check whether we have enough space to not do OFFPAGE. */
 	if ((keg->uk_flags & UMA_ZONE_OFFPAGE) == 0) {
 		shsize = sizeof(struct uma_slab);
@@ -1317,8 +1313,17 @@ keg_large_init(uma_keg_t keg)
 			shsize = (shsize & ~UMA_ALIGN_PTR) +
 			    (UMA_ALIGN_PTR + 1);
 
-		if ((PAGE_SIZE * keg->uk_ppera) - keg->uk_rsize < shsize)
-			keg->uk_flags |= UMA_ZONE_OFFPAGE;
+		if (PAGE_SIZE * keg->uk_ppera - keg->uk_rsize < shsize) {
+			/*
+			 * We can't do OFFPAGE if we're internal, in which case
+			 * we need an extra page per allocation to contain the
+			 * slab header.
+			 */
+			if ((keg->uk_flags & UMA_ZFLAG_INTERNAL) == 0)
+				keg->uk_flags |= UMA_ZONE_OFFPAGE;
+			else
+				keg->uk_ppera++;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if ((keg->uk_flags & UMA_ZONE_OFFPAGE) &&
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_page.c b/sys/vm/vm_page.c
index fda8d1cf37f7..60d03c4f6a38 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_page.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_page.c
@@ -473,7 +473,8 @@ vm_page_startup(vm_offset_t vaddr)
 	 * in proportion to the zone structure size.
 	 */
 	pages_per_zone = howmany(sizeof(struct uma_zone) +
-	    sizeof(struct uma_cache) * (mp_maxid + 1), UMA_SLAB_SIZE);
+	    sizeof(struct uma_cache) * (mp_maxid + 1) +
+	    roundup2(sizeof(struct uma_slab), sizeof(void *)), UMA_SLAB_SIZE);
 	if (pages_per_zone > 1) {
 		/* Reserve more pages so that we don't run out. */
 		boot_pages = UMA_BOOT_PAGES_ZONES * pages_per_zone;