diff --git a/volatility/framework/layers/registry.py b/volatility/framework/layers/registry.py
index a93944ce8..d0c96e6b0 100644
--- a/volatility/framework/layers/registry.py
+++ b/volatility/framework/layers/registry.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class RegistryHive(interfaces.layers.TranslationLayerInterface):
         self._minaddr = 0
         # If there's no base_block, we don't know how big the address space is
         # We also don't know the root_cell_offset, so we use a hardcoded value of 0x20
-        self._maxaddr = self._base_block.Length or 0xffffffff
+        self._maxaddr = self._base_block.Length or 0x7fffffff
 
     @property
     def hive_offset(self) -> int: