diff --git a/aarch64/src/lib.rs b/aarch64/src/lib.rs
index 2b5cd33678..e9da549313 100644
--- a/aarch64/src/lib.rs
+++ b/aarch64/src/lib.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use vm_memory::{GuestAddress, GuestMemory, GuestMemoryError};
 mod fdt;
 
 // We place the kernel at offset 8MB
-const AARCH64_KERNEL_OFFSET: u64 = 0x80000;
+const AARCH64_KERNEL_OFFSET: u64 = 0x800000;
 const AARCH64_FDT_MAX_SIZE: u64 = 0x200000;
 const AARCH64_INITRD_ALIGN: u64 = 0x1000000;