diff --git a/src/system/kernel/vm/vm.cpp b/src/system/kernel/vm/vm.cpp
index f8bceb12d4..c25004165b 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/vm/vm.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/vm/vm.cpp
@@ -3290,7 +3290,8 @@ vm_init(kernel_args* args)
 
 	// create the object cache for the page mappings
 	gPageMappingsObjectCache = create_object_cache_etc("page mappings",
-		sizeof(vm_page_mapping), 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		sizeof(vm_page_mapping), 0, 0, CACHE_LARGE_SLAB, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+		NULL);
 	if (gPageMappingsObjectCache == NULL)
 		panic("failed to create page mappings object cache");