diff --git a/sys/arm64/arm64/genassym.c b/sys/arm64/arm64/genassym.c
--- a/sys/arm64/arm64/genassym.c
+++ b/sys/arm64/arm64/genassym.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 ASSYM(BOOTPARAMS_SIZE, roundup2(sizeof(struct arm64_bootparams),
     STACKALIGNBYTES + 1));
 ASSYM(BP_MODULEP, offsetof(struct arm64_bootparams, modulep));
-ASSYM(BP_KERN_DELTA, offsetof(struct arm64_bootparams, kern_delta));
 ASSYM(BP_KERN_STACK, offsetof(struct arm64_bootparams, kern_stack));
 ASSYM(BP_KERN_TTBR0, offsetof(struct arm64_bootparams, kern_ttbr0));
 ASSYM(BP_BOOT_EL, offsetof(struct arm64_bootparams, boot_el));
diff --git a/sys/arm64/arm64/locore.S b/sys/arm64/arm64/locore.S
--- a/sys/arm64/arm64/locore.S
+++ b/sys/arm64/arm64/locore.S
@@ -77,11 +77,10 @@
 	msr	contextidr_el1, xzr
 
 	/* Get the virt -> phys offset */
-	bl	get_virt_delta
+	bl	get_load_phys_addr
 
 	/*
 	 * At this point:
-	 * x29 = PA - VA
 	 * x28 = Our physical load address
 	 */
 
@@ -136,10 +135,8 @@
 	mov	x0, sp
 
 	/* Negate the delta so it is VA -> PA */
-	neg	x29, x29
 
 	str	x1,  [x0, #BP_MODULEP]
-	str	x29, [x0, #BP_KERN_DELTA]
 	adrp	x25, initstack
 	add	x25, x25, :lo12:initstack
 	str	x25, [x0, #BP_KERN_STACK]
@@ -351,11 +348,9 @@
 LEND(drop_to_el1)
 
 /*
- * Get the delta between the physical address we were loaded to and the
- * virtual address we expect to run from. This is used when building the
- * initial page table.
+ * Get the physical address the kernel was loaded at.
  */
-LENTRY(get_virt_delta)
+LENTRY(get_load_phys_addr)
 	/* Load the physical address of virt_map */
 	adrp	x29, virt_map
 	add	x29, x29, :lo12:virt_map
@@ -371,7 +366,7 @@
 	.align 3
 virt_map:
 	.quad	virt_map
-LEND(get_virt_delta)
+LEND(get_load_phys_addr)
 
 /*
  * This builds the page tables containing the identity map, and the kernel
diff --git a/sys/arm64/arm64/machdep.c b/sys/arm64/arm64/machdep.c
--- a/sys/arm64/arm64/machdep.c
+++ b/sys/arm64/arm64/machdep.c
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@
 	pan_setup();
 
 	/* Bootstrap enough of pmap  to enter the kernel proper */
-	pmap_bootstrap(KERNBASE - abp->kern_delta, lastaddr - KERNBASE);
+	pmap_bootstrap(lastaddr - KERNBASE);
 	/* Exclude entries needed in the DMAP region, but not phys_avail */
 	if (efihdr != NULL)
 		exclude_efi_map_entries(efihdr);
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
@@ -1258,22 +1258,16 @@
  *	Bootstrap the system enough to run with virtual memory.
  */
 void
-pmap_bootstrap(vm_paddr_t kernstart, vm_size_t kernlen)
+pmap_bootstrap(vm_size_t kernlen)
 {
 	vm_offset_t dpcpu, msgbufpv;
 	vm_paddr_t start_pa, pa, min_pa;
-	uint64_t kern_delta;
 	int i;
 
 	/* Verify that the ASID is set through TTBR0. */
 	KASSERT((READ_SPECIALREG(tcr_el1) & TCR_A1) == 0,
 	    ("pmap_bootstrap: TCR_EL1.A1 != 0"));
 
-	kern_delta = KERNBASE - kernstart;
-
-	printf("pmap_bootstrap %lx %lx\n", kernstart, kernlen);
-	printf("%lx\n", (KERNBASE >> L1_SHIFT) & Ln_ADDR_MASK);
-
 	/* Set this early so we can use the pagetable walking functions */
 	kernel_pmap_store.pm_l0 = pagetable_l0_ttbr1;
 	PMAP_LOCK_INIT(kernel_pmap);
@@ -1288,7 +1282,7 @@
 	kernel_pmap->pm_asid_set = &asids;
 
 	/* Assume the address we were loaded to is a valid physical address */
-	min_pa = KERNBASE - kern_delta;
+	min_pa = pmap_early_vtophys(KERNBASE);
 
 	physmap_idx = physmem_avail(physmap, nitems(physmap));
 	physmap_idx /= 2;
@@ -1316,7 +1310,7 @@
 	 */
 	bs_state.table_attrs &= ~TATTR_PXN_TABLE;
 
-	start_pa = pa = KERNBASE - kern_delta;
+	start_pa = pa = pmap_early_vtophys(KERNBASE);
 
 	/*
 	 * Create the l2 tables up to VM_MAX_KERNEL_ADDRESS.  We assume that the
@@ -7848,7 +7842,7 @@
 pmap_san_bootstrap(struct arm64_bootparams *abp)
 {
 
-	pmap_san_early_kernstart = KERNBASE - abp->kern_delta;
+	pmap_san_early_kernstart = pmap_early_vtophys(KERNBASE);
 	kasan_init_early(abp->kern_stack, KSTACK_PAGES * PAGE_SIZE);
 }
 
diff --git a/sys/arm64/include/machdep.h b/sys/arm64/include/machdep.h
--- a/sys/arm64/include/machdep.h
+++ b/sys/arm64/include/machdep.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 
 struct arm64_bootparams {
 	vm_offset_t	modulep;
-	uint64_t	kern_delta;
 	vm_offset_t	kern_stack;
 	vm_paddr_t	kern_ttbr0;
 	uint64_t	hcr_el2;
diff --git a/sys/arm64/include/pmap.h b/sys/arm64/include/pmap.h
--- a/sys/arm64/include/pmap.h
+++ b/sys/arm64/include/pmap.h
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 #define	pmap_vm_page_alloc_check(m)
 
 void	pmap_activate_vm(pmap_t);
-void	pmap_bootstrap(vm_paddr_t, vm_size_t);
+void	pmap_bootstrap(vm_size_t);
 int	pmap_change_attr(vm_offset_t va, vm_size_t size, int mode);
 int	pmap_change_prot(vm_offset_t va, vm_size_t size, vm_prot_t prot);
 void	pmap_kenter(vm_offset_t sva, vm_size_t size, vm_paddr_t pa, int mode);