diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
index 32f317e5828a..914616e0bdcd 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 - PG_DIR_SIZE
+	add	\rd, \phys, #TEXT_OFFSET
+	sub	\rd, \rd, #PG_DIR_SIZE
 	.endm
 
 /*