diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
index a49f0b9c0f75..463fc2a8448f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
@@ -300,7 +300,11 @@ static struct mem_type mem_types[] __ro_after_init = {
 		.prot_pte  = L_PTE_PRESENT | L_PTE_YOUNG | L_PTE_DIRTY |
 			     L_PTE_XN | L_PTE_RDONLY,
 		.prot_l1   = PMD_TYPE_TABLE,
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_LPAE
+		.prot_sect = PMD_TYPE_SECT | L_PMD_SECT_RDONLY | PMD_SECT_AP2,
+#else
 		.prot_sect = PMD_TYPE_SECT,
+#endif
 		.domain    = DOMAIN_KERNEL,
 	},
 	[MT_ROM] = {