diff --git a/sys/arm64/arm64/pmap.c b/sys/arm64/arm64/pmap.c
--- a/sys/arm64/arm64/pmap.c
+++ b/sys/arm64/arm64/pmap.c
@@ -685,8 +685,15 @@
 }
 
 bool
-pmap_ps_enabled(pmap_t pmap __unused)
+pmap_ps_enabled(pmap_t pmap)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Promotion requires a hypervisor call when the kernel is running
+	 * in EL1. To stop this disable superpage support on non-stage 1
+	 * pmaps for now.
+	 */
+	if (pmap->pm_stage != PM_STAGE1)
+		return (false);
 
 	return (superpages_enabled != 0);
 }