diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 80d6fc4dbe4a..9bcd262a9008 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@ extern void __pgd_error(const char *file, int line, pgd_t);
  */
 #define FIRST_USER_ADDRESS	PAGE_SIZE
 
+/*
+ * Use TASK_SIZE as the ceiling argument for free_pgtables() and
+ * free_pgd_range() to avoid freeing the modules pmd when LPAE is enabled (pmd
+ * page shared between user and kernel).
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_LPAE
+#define USER_PGTABLES_CEILING	TASK_SIZE
+#endif
+
 /*
  * The pgprot_* and protection_map entries will be fixed up in runtime
  * to include the cachable and bufferable bits based on memory policy,