diff --git a/arch/arm64/src/common/arm64_mmu.c b/arch/arm64/src/common/arm64_mmu.c
index ec1bb1b98b..a2572850a1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/src/common/arm64_mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/src/common/arm64_mmu.c
@@ -707,10 +707,6 @@ void mmu_ln_setentry(uint32_t ptlevel, uintptr_t lnvaddr, uintptr_t paddr,
 
   index = XLAT_TABLE_VA_IDX(vaddr, ptlevel);
 
-  /* Setup the page descriptor and access flag */
-
-  mmuflags |= PTE_PAGE_DESC | PTE_BLOCK_DESC_AF;
-
   /* Save it */
 
   lntable[index] = (paddr | mmuflags);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/src/common/arm64_mmu.h b/arch/arm64/src/common/arm64_mmu.h
index a5c59791a8..1e95232f34 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/src/common/arm64_mmu.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/src/common/arm64_mmu.h
@@ -223,11 +223,11 @@
 
 /* Flags for user page tables */
 
-#define MMU_UPGT_FLAGS              (0)
+#define MMU_UPGT_FLAGS              (PTE_TABLE_DESC)
 
 /* Flags for normal memory region */
 
-#define MMU_MT_NORMAL_FLAGS         (PTE_BLOCK_DESC_INNER_SHARE | PTE_BLOCK_DESC_MEMTYPE(MT_NORMAL))
+#define MMU_MT_NORMAL_FLAGS         (PTE_PAGE_DESC | PTE_BLOCK_DESC_AF | PTE_BLOCK_DESC_INNER_SHARE | PTE_BLOCK_DESC_MEMTYPE(MT_NORMAL))
 
 /* Flags for user FLASH (RX) and user RAM (RW) */
 
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
 
 /* Flags for kernel page tables */
 
-#define MMU_KPGT_FLAGS              (0)
+#define MMU_KPGT_FLAGS              (PTE_TABLE_DESC)
 
 /* Kernel FLASH and RAM are mapped globally */