diff --git a/lib/kadm5/admin.h b/lib/kadm5/admin.h
index a9f6df01d..6004eb7d5 100644
--- a/lib/kadm5/admin.h
+++ b/lib/kadm5/admin.h
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ typedef struct _kadm5_policy_ent_t {
 #define KADM5_PRIV_DELETE	(1 << 3)
 #define KADM5_PRIV_LIST		(1 << 4)
 #define KADM5_PRIV_CPW		(1 << 5)
-#define KADM5_PRIV_ALL		(0x7fffffff) /* XXX ~0 breaks in parse_flags */
+#define KADM5_PRIV_ALL		(KADM5_PRIV_GET | KADM5_PRIV_ADD | KADM5_PRIV_MODIFY | KADM5_PRIV_DELETE | KADM5_PRIV_LIST | KADM5_PRIV_CPW)
 
 typedef struct {
     int XXX;