diff --git a/headers/private/kernel/vm_priv.h b/headers/private/kernel/vm_priv.h
index c489f47a92..73f166f41d 100644
--- a/headers/private/kernel/vm_priv.h
+++ b/headers/private/kernel/vm_priv.h
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
 #define RESERVED_REGION_ID -1
 
 // page attributes (in addition to B_READ_AREA etc.)
-#define PAGE_MODIFIED 64
-#define PAGE_ACCESSED 128
-#define PAGE_PRESENT  256
+#define PAGE_MODIFIED 0x1000
+#define PAGE_ACCESSED 0x2000
+#define PAGE_PRESENT  0x4000
 
 // Should only be used by vm internals
 status_t vm_page_fault(addr_t address, addr_t faultAddress, bool isWrite, bool isUser, addr_t *newip);
diff --git a/headers/private/kernel/vm_types.h b/headers/private/kernel/vm_types.h
index 954a5b6a4b..4a95d3e203 100644
--- a/headers/private/kernel/vm_types.h
+++ b/headers/private/kernel/vm_types.h
@@ -170,21 +170,24 @@ enum {
 // Note: the VM probably won't support all combinations - it will try
 // its best, but create_area() will fail if it has to.
 // Of course, the exact behaviour will be documented somewhere...
-#define B_EXECUTE_AREA			4
-#define B_STACK_AREA			8
+#define B_EXECUTE_AREA			0x04
+#define B_STACK_AREA			0x08
 	// "stack" protection is not available on most platforms - it's used
 	// to only commit memory as needed, and have guard pages at the
 	// bottom of the stack.
 	// "execute" protection is currently ignored, but nevertheless, you
 	// should use it if you require to execute code in that area.
 
-#define B_KERNEL_EXECUTE_AREA	64
-#define B_KERNEL_STACK_AREA		128
+#define B_KERNEL_EXECUTE_AREA	0x40
+#define B_KERNEL_STACK_AREA		0x80
 
 #define B_USER_PROTECTION \
 	(B_READ_AREA | B_WRITE_AREA | B_EXECUTE_AREA | B_STACK_AREA)
 #define B_KERNEL_PROTECTION \
 	(B_KERNEL_READ_AREA | B_KERNEL_WRITE_AREA | B_KERNEL_EXECUTE_AREA \
-	 | B_KERNEL_STACK_AREA | B_USER_CLONEABLE_AREA)
+	| B_KERNEL_STACK_AREA)
+
+#define B_USER_AREA_FLAGS		(B_USER_PROTECTION)
+#define B_KERNEL_AREA_FLAGS		(B_KERNEL_PROTECTION | B_USER_CLONEABLE_AREA)
 
 #endif	/* _KERNEL_VM_TYPES_H */