diff --git a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/dist.c b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/dist.c
index 3a675a0462b2..99ae76001744 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/dist.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/dist.c
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ distExtract(char *parent, Distribution *me)
 		if (seconds != last_msg) {
 		    last_msg = seconds;
 		    msgInfo("%10d bytes read from %s dist, chunk %2d of %2d @ %.1f KB/sec.",
-			    total, dist, chunk + 1, numchunks, (total / seconds) / 1024.0);
+			    total, dist, chunk + 1, numchunks, (total / seconds) / 1000.0);
 		}
 	    }
 	    fclose(fp);
diff --git a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/package.c b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/package.c
index 36be0aed31eb..eb468aaba25b 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/package.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/package.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ package_extract(Device *dev, char *name, Boolean depended)
 		    seconds = 1;
 		if (seconds != last_msg) {
 		    last_msg = seconds;
-		    msgInfo("%10d bytes read from package %s @ %4.1f KBytes/second", tot, name, (tot / seconds) / 1024.0);
+		    msgInfo("%10d bytes read from package %s @ %4.1f KBytes/second", tot, name, (tot / seconds) / 1000.0);
 		}
 		/* Write it out */
 		if (sigpipe_caught || write(pfd[1], buf, i) != i) {