diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/page.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/page.h
index 5f271bc712ee..41b6d31110fd 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/page.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #define PAGE_SIZE		(__IA64_UL_CONST(1) << PAGE_SHIFT)
 #define PAGE_MASK		(~(PAGE_SIZE - 1))
 
-#define PERCPU_PAGE_SHIFT	16	/* log2() of max. size of per-CPU area */
+#define PERCPU_PAGE_SHIFT	18	/* log2() of max. size of per-CPU area */
 #define PERCPU_PAGE_SIZE	(__IA64_UL_CONST(1) << PERCPU_PAGE_SHIFT)