diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_malloc.c b/sys/kern/kern_malloc.c
index dae4b13090f5..911643357376 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_malloc.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_malloc.c
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ kmeminit(void)
 	tmp = vm_kmem_size;
 #endif
 	vmem_init(kmem_arena, "kmem arena", kva_alloc(tmp), tmp, PAGE_SIZE,
-	    PAGE_SIZE * 16, 0);
+	    0, 0);
 	vmem_set_reclaim(kmem_arena, kmem_reclaim);
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_MEMGUARD