diff --git a/sys/netpfil/pf/pf_table.c b/sys/netpfil/pf/pf_table.c
index 2352e43cb342..a2afd5c24cff 100644
--- a/sys/netpfil/pf/pf_table.c
+++ b/sys/netpfil/pf/pf_table.c
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ pfr_initialize(void)
 	V_pfr_kentry_z = uma_zcreate("pf table entries",
 	    sizeof(struct pfr_kentry), NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, UMA_ALIGN_PTR,
 	    0);
+	uma_zone_set_max(V_pfr_kentry_z, PFR_KENTRY_HIWAT);
 	V_pf_limits[PF_LIMIT_TABLE_ENTRIES].zone = V_pfr_kentry_z;
 	V_pf_limits[PF_LIMIT_TABLE_ENTRIES].limit = PFR_KENTRY_HIWAT;
 }