diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sparsemem.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sparsemem.h
index 1f43fcc79738..ff08ff6b677c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sparsemem.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sparsemem.h
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
 #define MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS	CONFIG_ARM64_PA_BITS
-#define SECTION_SIZE_BITS	30
-#endif
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_ARM64_4K_PAGES) || defined(CONFIG_ARM64_16K_PAGES)
+#define SECTION_SIZE_BITS 27
+#else
+#define SECTION_SIZE_BITS 29
+#endif /* CONFIG_ARM64_4K_PAGES || CONFIG_ARM64_16K_PAGES */
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM*/
 
 #endif