diff --git a/arch/arm/src/armv7-a/mmu.h b/arch/arm/src/armv7-a/mmu.h
index b45671d6f0..b37d6d50a7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/armv7-a/mmu.h
+++ b/arch/arm/src/armv7-a/mmu.h
@@ -605,10 +605,17 @@
 #endif
 
 #define MMU_L1_DATAFLAGS      (PMD_TYPE_PTE | PMD_PTE_PXN | PMD_PTE_DOM(0))
-#define MMU_L2_UDATAFLAGS     (PTE_TYPE_SMALL | PTE_WRITE_BACK | PTE_AP_RW01)
-#define MMU_L2_KDATAFLAGS     (PTE_TYPE_SMALL | PTE_WRITE_BACK | PTE_AP_RW1)
-#define MMU_L2_UALLOCFLAGS    (PTE_TYPE_SMALL | PTE_WRITE_BACK | PTE_AP_RW01)
-#define MMU_L2_KALLOCFLAGS    (PTE_TYPE_SMALL | PTE_WRITE_BACK | PTE_AP_RW1)
+#ifndef CONFIG_SMP
+#  define MMU_L2_UDATAFLAGS   (PTE_TYPE_SMALL | PTE_WRITE_BACK | PTE_AP_RW01)
+#  define MMU_L2_KDATAFLAGS   (PTE_TYPE_SMALL | PTE_WRITE_BACK | PTE_AP_RW1)
+#  define MMU_L2_UALLOCFLAGS  (PTE_TYPE_SMALL | PTE_WRITE_BACK | PTE_AP_RW01)
+#  define MMU_L2_KALLOCFLAGS  (PTE_TYPE_SMALL | PTE_WRITE_BACK | PTE_AP_RW1)
+#else
+#  define MMU_L2_UDATAFLAGS   (PTE_TYPE_SMALL | PTE_WRITE_BACK | PTE_S | PTE_AP_RW01)
+#  define MMU_L2_KDATAFLAGS   (PTE_TYPE_SMALL | PTE_WRITE_BACK | PTE_S | PTE_AP_RW1)
+#  define MMU_L2_UALLOCFLAGS  (PTE_TYPE_SMALL | PTE_WRITE_BACK | PTE_S | PTE_AP_RW01)
+#  define MMU_L2_KALLOCFLAGS  (PTE_TYPE_SMALL | PTE_WRITE_BACK | PTE_S | PTE_AP_RW1)
+#endif
 
 #define MMU_L2_IOFLAGS        (PTE_TYPE_SMALL | PTE_DEVICE | PTE_AP_RW1)
 #define MMU_L2_STRONGLY_ORDER (PTE_TYPE_SMALL | PTE_STRONGLY_ORDER | PTE_AP_RW1)