diff --git a/src/mmu/pmpchecker.sv b/src/mmu/pmpchecker.sv
index de8ce7b3..9c9c745b 100644
--- a/src/mmu/pmpchecker.sv
+++ b/src/mmu/pmpchecker.sv
@@ -57,13 +57,14 @@ module pmpchecker (
   logic [`PMP_ENTRIES-1:0] L, X, W, R; // PMP matches and has flag set
   logic [`PMP_ENTRIES-1:0]   PAgePMPAdr;  // for TOR PMP matching, PhysicalAddress > PMPAdr[i]
 
-  pmpadrdec pmpadrdecs[`PMP_ENTRIES-1:0](
-    .PhysicalAddress, 
-    .PMPCfg(PMPCFG_ARRAY_REGW),
-    .PMPAdr(PMPADDR_ARRAY_REGW),
-    .PAgePMPAdrIn({PAgePMPAdr[`PMP_ENTRIES-2:0], 1'b1}),
-    .PAgePMPAdrOut(PAgePMPAdr),
-    .Match, .Active, .L, .X, .W, .R);
+  if (`PMP_ENTRIES > 0) 
+    pmpadrdec pmpadrdecs[`PMP_ENTRIES-1:0](
+      .PhysicalAddress, 
+      .PMPCfg(PMPCFG_ARRAY_REGW),
+      .PMPAdr(PMPADDR_ARRAY_REGW),
+      .PAgePMPAdrIn({PAgePMPAdr[`PMP_ENTRIES-2:0], 1'b1}),
+      .PAgePMPAdrOut(PAgePMPAdr),
+      .Match, .Active, .L, .X, .W, .R);
 
   priorityonehot #(`PMP_ENTRIES) pmppriority(.a(Match), .y(FirstMatch)); // combine the match signal from all the adress decoders to find the first one that matches.