diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/page.c b/arch/x86/mm/page.c
index 4548d2d7..68c9e6b7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/page.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/page.c
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ int arch_paging_init(void)
 	irq_install_handler(14, pagefault_handler);
 
 	// Create a page table to reference to the other page tables
-	pgt = (page_table_t*) get_pages(1);
+	pgt = (page_table_t*) get_page();
 	if (!pgt) {
 		kputs("arch_paging_init: Not enough memory!\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -572,6 +572,16 @@ int arch_paging_init(void)
 	per_core(current_task)->pgd->entries[index1] = (((size_t) pgt) & 0xFFFFF000)|KERN_TABLE;
 	pgt->entries[index2] = ((size_t) pgt & 0xFFFFF000)|KERN_PAGE;
 
+	// create the other PGTs for the kernel space
+	for(i=0; i<KERNEL_SPACE/(1024*PAGE_SIZE)-1; i++) {
+		size_t phyaddr = get_page();
+
+		if (!phyaddr)
+			continue;
+		memset((void*) phyaddr, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
+		pgt->entries[i] = (phyaddr & 0xFFFFF000)|KERN_PAGE;
+	}
+
 	/* 
 	 * Set the page table and page directory entries for the kernel. We map the kernel's physical address 
 	 * to the same virtual address.