diff --git a/sys/i386/i386/pmap.c b/sys/i386/i386/pmap.c
--- a/sys/i386/i386/pmap.c
+++ b/sys/i386/i386/pmap.c
@@ -876,14 +876,16 @@
 
 #ifdef PMAP_PAE_COMP
 static void *
-pmap_pdpt_allocf(uma_zone_t zone, vm_size_t bytes, int domain, uint8_t *flags,
-    int wait)
+pmap_pdpt_allocf(uma_zone_t zone, vm_size_t bytes, int domain, uint8_t *sflagsp,
+    int flags)
 {
 
 	/* Inform UMA that this allocator uses kernel_map/object. */
-	*flags = UMA_SLAB_KERNEL;
+	*sflagsp = UMA_SLAB_KERNEL;
+	/* contig allocations cannot be NEVERFREED */
+	flags &= ~M_NEVERFREED;
 	return ((void *)kmem_alloc_contig_domainset(DOMAINSET_FIXED(domain),
-	    bytes, wait, 0x0ULL, 0xffffffffULL, 1, 0, VM_MEMATTR_DEFAULT));
+	    bytes, flags, 0x0ULL, 0xffffffffULL, 1, 0, VM_MEMATTR_DEFAULT));
 }
 #endif