diff --git a/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kmem-cache.c b/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kmem-cache.c
index 6b3d559ffc1c..4b7867b7eb78 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kmem-cache.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kmem-cache.c
@@ -100,12 +100,13 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(spl_kmem_cache_max_size, "Maximum size of slab in MB");
  * For small objects the Linux slab allocator should be used to make the most
  * efficient use of the memory.  However, large objects are not supported by
  * the Linux slab and therefore the SPL implementation is preferred.  A cutoff
- * of 16K was determined to be optimal for architectures using 4K pages.
+ * of 16K was determined to be optimal for architectures using 4K pages. For
+ * larger page sizes set the cutoff at a single page.
  */
-#if PAGE_SIZE == 4096
+#if PAGE_SIZE <= 16384
 unsigned int spl_kmem_cache_slab_limit = 16384;
 #else
-unsigned int spl_kmem_cache_slab_limit = 0;
+unsigned int spl_kmem_cache_slab_limit = PAGE_SIZE;
 #endif
 module_param(spl_kmem_cache_slab_limit, uint, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(spl_kmem_cache_slab_limit,