diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/config-blocks.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/config-blocks.nix
index ff018929364..b7ae587569e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/config-blocks.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/config-blocks.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ rec {
 
       noPAE = ''
         HIGHMEM64G? n
-        PAE n
+        PAE? n
       '';
 
       usefulSubsystems = ''