diff --git a/sys/kern/init_main.c b/sys/kern/init_main.c
--- a/sys/kern/init_main.c
+++ b/sys/kern/init_main.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
 	/* Construct and sort sysinit list. */
 	sysinit_mklist(&sysinit_list, SET_BEGIN(sysinit_set), SET_LIMIT(sysinit_set));
 
-	last = SI_SUB_COPYRIGHT;
+	last = SI_SUB_DUMMY;
 #if defined(VERBOSE_SYSINIT)
 	verbose = 0;
 #if !defined(DDB)
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
 			BOOTTRACE_INIT("sysinit 0x%7x", sip->subsystem);
 
 #if defined(VERBOSE_SYSINIT)
-		if (sip->subsystem > last && verbose_sysinit != 0) {
+		if (verbose_sysinit != 0 && sip->subsystem != last) {
 			verbose = 1;
 			printf("subsystem %x\n", sip->subsystem);
 		}