diff --git a/sys/arm/arm/machdep.c b/sys/arm/arm/machdep.c
--- a/sys/arm/arm/machdep.c
+++ b/sys/arm/arm/machdep.c
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
 static struct trapframe proc0_tf;
 uint32_t cpu_reset_address = 0;
 int cold = 1;
+int early_boot = 1;
 vm_offset_t vector_page;
 
 /* The address at which the kernel was loaded.  Set early in initarm(). */
@@ -624,6 +625,7 @@
 	init_proc0((void *)kernelstack);
 	arm_vector_init(ARM_VECTORS_HIGH, ARM_VEC_ALL);
 	enable_interrupts(PSR_A);
+	early_boot = 0;
 	pmap_bootstrap(0);
 
 	/* Exclude the kernel (and all the things we allocated which immediately
diff --git a/sys/dev/vt/hw/simplefb/simplefb.c b/sys/dev/vt/hw/simplefb/simplefb.c
--- a/sys/dev/vt/hw/simplefb/simplefb.c
+++ b/sys/dev/vt/hw/simplefb/simplefb.c
@@ -119,26 +119,57 @@
 static struct fb_info local_info;
 VT_DRIVER_DECLARE(vt_simplefb, vt_simplefb_driver);
 
+#ifdef __arm__
+extern int early_boot;
+static bool vt_simplefb_preboot_mapped;
+#endif
+
+static bool
+vt_simplefb_node_search(phandle_t parent, phandle_t *nodep)
+{
+	phandle_t node;
+
+	for (node = OF_child(parent); node != 0; node = OF_peer(node)) {
+		if (ofw_bus_node_status_okay(node) &&
+		    ofw_bus_node_is_compatible(node, "simple-framebuffer")) {
+			if (nodep != NULL)
+				*nodep = node;
+			return (true);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return (false);
+}
+
 static bool
 vt_simplefb_node(phandle_t *nodep)
 {
-	phandle_t chosen, node;
+	phandle_t chosen, root;
 
 	chosen = OF_finddevice("/chosen");
-	if (chosen == -1)
-		return (false);
+	if (chosen != -1 && vt_simplefb_node_search(chosen, nodep))
+		return (true);
 
-	for (node = OF_child(chosen); node != 0; node = OF_peer(node)) {
-		if (ofw_bus_node_is_compatible(node, "simple-framebuffer"))
-			break;
-	}
-	if (node == 0)
-		return (false);
+	root = OF_finddevice("/");
+	if (root != -1 && vt_simplefb_node_search(root, nodep))
+		return (true);
+
+	return (false);
+}
+
+static int
+vt_simplefb_get_mem(phandle_t node, bus_addr_t *pbase, bus_size_t *size)
+{
+	phandle_t mem_node;
 
-	if (nodep != NULL)
-		*nodep = node;
+	if (OF_hasprop(node, "memory-region")) {
+		if (OF_getencprop(node, "memory-region", &mem_node,
+		    sizeof(mem_node)) != sizeof(mem_node))
+			return (ENXIO);
+		node = OF_node_from_xref(mem_node);
+	}
 
-	return (true);
+	return (ofw_reg_to_paddr(node, 0, pbase, size, NULL));
 }
 
 static int
@@ -165,6 +196,7 @@
 	struct fb_info *sc;
 	phandle_t node;
 	bus_size_t size;
+	bus_addr_t pbase;
 	int error;
 
 	/* Initialize softc */
@@ -204,7 +236,24 @@
 	if (error != 0)
 		return (CN_DEAD);
 
-	ofw_reg_to_paddr(node, 0, &sc->fb_pbase, &size, NULL);
+	if (vt_simplefb_get_mem(node, &pbase, &size) != 0)
+		return (CN_DEAD);
+	sc->fb_pbase = pbase;
+#ifdef __arm__
+	if (early_boot) {
+		vm_offset_t off, va;
+		vm_size_t map_size;
+
+		off = pbase & PAGE_MASK;
+		map_size = round_page(size + off);
+		va = pmap_preboot_reserve_pages(atop(map_size));
+		pmap_preboot_map_attr(trunc_page(pbase), va, map_size,
+		    VM_PROT_READ | VM_PROT_WRITE,
+		    VM_MEMATTR_WRITE_COMBINING);
+		sc->fb_vbase = va + off;
+		vt_simplefb_preboot_mapped = true;
+	} else
+#endif
 	sc->fb_vbase = (intptr_t)pmap_mapdev_attr(sc->fb_pbase,
 	    size, VM_MEMATTR_WRITE_COMBINING);
 	sc->fb_size = size;
@@ -221,6 +270,10 @@
 
 	sc = softc;
 	vt_fb_fini(vd, softc);
+#ifdef __arm__
+	if (vt_simplefb_preboot_mapped)
+		return;
+#endif
 	pmap_unmapdev((void *)sc->fb_vbase, sc->fb_size);
 }