diff --git a/sys/arm64/arm64/locore.S b/sys/arm64/arm64/locore.S
index c9cf25aae37f..534c89ac32dc 100644
--- a/sys/arm64/arm64/locore.S
+++ b/sys/arm64/arm64/locore.S
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ common:
 	/* Create the kernel space L2 table */
 	mov	x6, x26
 	mov	x7, #(ATTR_S1_IDX(VM_MEMATTR_WRITE_BACK))
-	mov	x8, #(KERNBASE & L2_BLOCK_MASK)
+	mov	x8, #(KERNBASE)
 	mov	x9, x28
 	bl	build_l2_block_pagetable
 
diff --git a/sys/arm64/include/pte.h b/sys/arm64/include/pte.h
index 6b816464c167..3ce11133e2ef 100644
--- a/sys/arm64/include/pte.h
+++ b/sys/arm64/include/pte.h
@@ -134,8 +134,6 @@ typedef	uint64_t	pt_entry_t;		/* page table entry */
 #define	L2_BLOCK	L1_BLOCK
 #define	L2_TABLE	L1_TABLE
 
-#define	L2_BLOCK_MASK	UINT64_C(0xffffffffffe00000)
-
 /* Level 3 table, 4KiB per entry */
 #define	L3_SHIFT	12
 #define	L3_SIZE 	(1 << L3_SHIFT)