diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kernel-pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kernel-pgtable.h
index 96dc0f7da258..a971d462f531 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kernel-pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kernel-pgtable.h
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@
 /*
  * Initial memory map attributes.
  */
-#define SWAPPER_PTE_FLAGS	(PTE_TYPE_PAGE | PTE_AF | PTE_SHARED)
-#define SWAPPER_PMD_FLAGS	(PMD_TYPE_SECT | PMD_SECT_AF | PMD_SECT_S)
+#define SWAPPER_PTE_FLAGS	(PTE_TYPE_PAGE | PTE_AF | PTE_SHARED | PTE_UXN)
+#define SWAPPER_PMD_FLAGS	(PMD_TYPE_SECT | PMD_SECT_AF | PMD_SECT_S | PMD_SECT_UXN)
 
 #if ARM64_KERNEL_USES_PMD_MAPS
 #define SWAPPER_MM_MMUFLAGS	(PMD_ATTRINDX(MT_NORMAL) | SWAPPER_PMD_FLAGS)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 6a98f1a38c29..8a93a0a7489b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(__create_page_tables)
 	subs	x1, x1, #64
 	b.ne	1b
 
-	mov	x7, SWAPPER_MM_MMUFLAGS
+	mov_q	x7, SWAPPER_MM_MMUFLAGS
 
 	/*
 	 * Create the identity mapping.