diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/domain.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/domain.h
index 4218f88e8f7e..08b601e69ddc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/domain.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/domain.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 #define domain_val(dom,type)	((type) << (2 * (dom)))
 
 #define DACR_INIT \
-	(domain_val(DOMAIN_USER, DOMAIN_MANAGER) | \
+	(domain_val(DOMAIN_USER, DOMAIN_CLIENT) | \
 	 domain_val(DOMAIN_KERNEL, DOMAIN_MANAGER) | \
 	 domain_val(DOMAIN_TABLE, DOMAIN_MANAGER) | \
 	 domain_val(DOMAIN_IO, DOMAIN_CLIENT))
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
index d358226236f2..969f9d9e665f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
@@ -870,7 +870,6 @@ void __init early_trap_init(void *vectors_base)
 	kuser_init(vectors_base);
 
 	flush_icache_range(vectors, vectors + PAGE_SIZE * 2);
-	modify_domain(DOMAIN_USER, DOMAIN_CLIENT);
 #else /* ifndef CONFIG_CPU_V7M */
 	/*
 	 * on V7-M there is no need to copy the vector table to a dedicated