diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
index 6b1148cafffd..4f9f657697f4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
 	.equ	swapper_pg_dir, KERNEL_RAM_VADDR - PG_DIR_SIZE
 
 	.macro	pgtbl, rd, phys
-	add	\rd, \phys, #TEXT_OFFSET
+	add	\rd, \phys, #(TEXT_OFFSET & 0xffff0000)
+	add	\rd, \rd,   #(TEXT_OFFSET & 0x0000ffff)
 	sub	\rd, \rd, #PG_DIR_SIZE
 	.endm