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
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
 	isb
 
 	msr	SCTLR_EL12_REG, x2
-	ldr	x2, =(CPTR_FPEN)
+	mov	x2, xzr /* CPTR_EL2 is managed by vfp.c */
 	ldr	x3, =(CNTHCTL_E2H_EL1PCTEN | CNTHCTL_E2H_EL1PTEN)
 	ldr	x5, =(PSR_DAIF | PSR_M_EL2h)
 	b	.Ldone_vhe