diff --git a/sys/arm64/arm64/pmap.c b/sys/arm64/arm64/pmap.c
--- a/sys/arm64/arm64/pmap.c
+++ b/sys/arm64/arm64/pmap.c
@@ -5664,8 +5664,7 @@
 		l2 = pmap_l2(pmap, pv->pv_va);
 		l3 = pmap_l2_to_l3(l2, pv->pv_va);
 		oldl3 = pmap_load(l3);
-		if (pmap_l3_valid(oldl3) &&
-		    (oldl3 & (ATTR_S1_AP_RW_BIT | ATTR_SW_DBM)) == ATTR_SW_DBM){
+		if ((oldl3 & (ATTR_S1_AP_RW_BIT | ATTR_SW_DBM)) == ATTR_SW_DBM){
 			pmap_set_bits(l3, ATTR_S1_AP(ATTR_S1_AP_RO));
 			pmap_invalidate_page(pmap, pv->pv_va);
 		}