diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c
index 8f0052b15b841..04f65974e97bb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ int pkey_initialize(void)
 	 * arch-neutral code.
 	 */
 	pkeys_total = min_t(int, pkeys_total,
-			(ARCH_VM_PKEY_FLAGS >> VM_PKEY_SHIFT));
+			((ARCH_VM_PKEY_FLAGS >> VM_PKEY_SHIFT)+1));
 
 	if (!pkey_mmu_enabled() || radix_enabled() || !pkeys_total)
 		static_branch_enable(&pkey_disabled);