diff --git a/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.c b/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.c
index 97e5e3218489..34ccc8807439 100644
--- a/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.c
+++ b/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.c
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 					bbsize = 8192;
 					alphacksum = 1;
 				} else if (!strcmp(optarg, "ia64")) {
-					labeloffset = 512;
+					labelsoffset = 1;
+					labeloffset = 0;
 					bbsize = 8192;
 					alphacksum = 0;
 				} else {