diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/context.c b/arch/arm64/mm/context.c
index b7b397802088..efcf1f7ef1e4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/context.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/context.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static u64 new_context(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned int cpu)
 						 &asid_generation);
 	flush_context(cpu);
 
-	/* We have at least 1 ASID per CPU, so this will always succeed */
+	/* We have more ASIDs than CPUs, so this will always succeed */
 	asid = find_next_zero_bit(asid_map, NUM_USER_ASIDS, 1);
 
 set_asid:
@@ -227,8 +227,11 @@ void check_and_switch_context(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned int cpu)
 static int asids_init(void)
 {
 	asid_bits = get_cpu_asid_bits();
-	/* If we end up with more CPUs than ASIDs, expect things to crash */
-	WARN_ON(NUM_USER_ASIDS < num_possible_cpus());
+	/*
+	 * Expect allocation after rollover to fail if we don't have at least
+	 * one more ASID than CPUs. ASID #0 is reserved for init_mm.
+	 */
+	WARN_ON(NUM_USER_ASIDS - 1 <= num_possible_cpus());
 	atomic64_set(&asid_generation, ASID_FIRST_VERSION);
 	asid_map = kzalloc(BITS_TO_LONGS(NUM_USER_ASIDS) * sizeof(*asid_map),
 			   GFP_KERNEL);