diff --git a/sys/riscv/riscv/identcpu.c b/sys/riscv/riscv/identcpu.c
--- a/sys/riscv/riscv/identcpu.c
+++ b/sys/riscv/riscv/identcpu.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/systm.h>
 #include <sys/ctype.h>
-#include <sys/kernel.h>
 #include <sys/pcpu.h>
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
 
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@
 #include <machine/cpufunc.h>
 #include <machine/elf.h>
 #include <machine/md_var.h>
-#include <machine/trap.h>
 
 #ifdef FDT
 #include <dev/fdt/fdt_common.h>
@@ -263,31 +261,34 @@
 
 #ifdef FDT
 static void
-fill_elf_hwcap(void *dummy __unused)
+identify_cpu_features_fdt(struct cpu_desc *desc)
 {
 	char isa[1024];
 	u_long hwcap;
 	phandle_t node;
 	ssize_t len;
+	pcell_t reg;
 
 	node = OF_finddevice("/cpus");
 	if (node == -1) {
-		if (bootverbose)
-			printf("fill_elf_hwcap: Can't find cpus node\n");
+		printf("%s: could not find /cpus node in FDT\n", __func__);
 		return;
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Iterate through the CPUs and examine their ISA string. While we
-	 * could assign elf_hwcap to be whatever the boot CPU supports, to
-	 * handle the (unusual) case of running a system with hetergeneous
-	 * ISAs, keep only the extension bits that are common to all harts.
+	 * Locate our current CPU's node in the device-tree, and parse its
+	 * contents to detect supported CPU/ISA features and extensions.
 	 */
 	for (node = OF_child(node); node > 0; node = OF_peer(node)) {
 		/* Skip any non-CPU nodes, such as cpu-map. */
 		if (!ofw_bus_node_is_compatible(node, "riscv"))
 			continue;
 
+		/* Find this CPU */
+		if (OF_getencprop(node, "reg", &reg, sizeof(reg)) <= 0 ||
+		    reg != PCPU_GET(hart))
+			continue;
+
 		len = OF_getprop(node, "riscv,isa", isa, sizeof(isa));
 		KASSERT(len <= sizeof(isa), ("ISA string truncated"));
 		if (len == -1) {
@@ -314,11 +315,24 @@
 			elf_hwcap &= hwcap;
 		else
 			elf_hwcap = hwcap;
+
+		/* We are done. */
+		break;
+	}
+	if (node <= 0) {
+		printf("%s: could not find FDT node for CPU %u, hart %u\n",
+		    __func__, PCPU_GET(cpuid), PCPU_GET(hart));
 	}
 }
+#endif
 
-SYSINIT(identcpu, SI_SUB_CPU, SI_ORDER_ANY, fill_elf_hwcap, NULL);
+static void
+identify_cpu_features(struct cpu_desc *desc)
+{
+#ifdef FDT
+	identify_cpu_features_fdt(desc);
 #endif
+}
 
 static void
 identify_cpu_vendor(struct cpu_desc *desc)
@@ -377,6 +391,8 @@
 
 	identify_cpu_vendor(desc);
 	identify_cpu_microarch(desc);
+
+	identify_cpu_features(desc);
 }
 
 void