diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/sama5_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/sama5_defconfig
index f2ffafb090ea1d..64b32be539c32f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/sama5_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/sama5_defconfig
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ CONFIG_SOC_SAMA5D2=y
 CONFIG_SOC_SAMA5D3=y
 CONFIG_SOC_SAMA5D4=y
 # CONFIG_ATMEL_CLOCKSOURCE_PIT is not set
-CONFIG_FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER=15
+CONFIG_FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER=11
 CONFIG_UACCESS_WITH_MEMCPY=y
 # CONFIG_ATAGS is not set
 CONFIG_ZBOOT_ROM_TEXT=0x0