diff --git a/sys/kern/link_elf.c b/sys/kern/link_elf.c
--- a/sys/kern/link_elf.c
+++ b/sys/kern/link_elf.c
@@ -724,6 +724,7 @@
 
 	ef->vnet_start = 0;
 	ef->vnet_stop = 0;
+	ef->vnet_base = 0;
 	error = link_elf_lookup_set(&ef->lf, "vnet", (void ***)&ef->vnet_start,
 	    (void ***)&ef->vnet_stop, NULL);
 	/* Error just means there is no vnet data set to relocate. */
@@ -766,7 +767,6 @@
 		return (ENOSPC);
 	}
 	memcpy((void *)ef->vnet_base, (void *)ef->vnet_start, size);
-	vnet_data_copy((void *)ef->vnet_base, size);
 	elf_set_add(&set_vnet_list, ef->vnet_start, ef->vnet_stop,
 	    ef->vnet_base);
 
diff --git a/sys/kern/link_elf_obj.c b/sys/kern/link_elf_obj.c
--- a/sys/kern/link_elf_obj.c
+++ b/sys/kern/link_elf_obj.c
@@ -546,7 +546,6 @@
 				}
 				memcpy(vnet_data, ef->progtab[pb].addr,
 				    ef->progtab[pb].size);
-				vnet_data_copy(vnet_data, shdr[i].sh_size);
 				ef->progtab[pb].addr = vnet_data;
 #endif
 			} else if ((ef->progtab[pb].name != NULL &&
@@ -1113,18 +1112,11 @@
 					error = EINVAL;
 					goto out;
 				}
-				/* Initialize the per-cpu or vnet area. */
+				/* Initialize the per-cpu area. */
 				if (ef->progtab[pb].addr != (void *)mapbase &&
 				    !strcmp(ef->progtab[pb].name, DPCPU_SETNAME))
 					dpcpu_copy(ef->progtab[pb].addr,
 					    shdr[i].sh_size);
-#ifdef VIMAGE
-				else if (ef->progtab[pb].addr !=
-				    (void *)mapbase &&
-				    !strcmp(ef->progtab[pb].name, VNET_SETNAME))
-					vnet_data_copy(ef->progtab[pb].addr,
-					    shdr[i].sh_size);
-#endif
 			} else
 				bzero(ef->progtab[pb].addr, shdr[i].sh_size);