diff --git a/config-arm64 b/config-arm64
index 59ef6d689..bd2d9aef6 100644
--- a/config-arm64
+++ b/config-arm64
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ CONFIG_NR_CPUS=256
 CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL=y
 CONFIG_ARM64_64K_PAGES=y
 
+CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS_48=y
+CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS=48
+
 CONFIG_ARM64_HW_AFDBM=y
 CONFIG_ARM64_PAN=y
 CONFIG_ARM64_LSE_ATOMICS=y
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 5818186f4..03762f558 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -2149,6 +2149,9 @@ fi
 #
 #
 %changelog
+* Mon Oct 31 2016 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org>
+- arm64: Enable 48bit VA
+
 * Mon Oct 31 2016 Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 4.9.0-0.rc3.git0.1
 - Linux v4.9-rc3