Index: sys/kern/link_elf.c
===================================================================
--- sys/kern/link_elf.c
+++ sys/kern/link_elf.c
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@
 
 	ef = (elf_file_t) lf;
 #ifdef SPARSE_MAPPING
-	ef->object = vm_object_allocate(OBJT_DEFAULT, mapsize >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+	ef->object = vm_object_allocate(OBJT_PHYS, atop(mapsize));
 	if (ef->object == NULL) {
 		error = ENOMEM;
 		goto out;