diff --git a/sys/sparc64/sparc64/machdep.c b/sys/sparc64/sparc64/machdep.c
index 91d741682c7d..c6252cdbf86e 100644
--- a/sys/sparc64/sparc64/machdep.c
+++ b/sys/sparc64/sparc64/machdep.c
@@ -597,11 +597,6 @@ sparc64_init(caddr_t mdp, u_long o1, u_long o2, u_long o3, ofw_vec_t *vec)
 	wrpr(pil, 0, 0);
 	wrpr(pstate, 0, PSTATE_KERNEL);
 
-	/*
-	 * Finish pmap initialization now that we're ready for mutexes.
-	 */
-	PMAP_LOCK_INIT(kernel_pmap);
-
 	OF_getprop(root, "name", sparc64_model, sizeof(sparc64_model) - 1);
 
 	kdb_init();
diff --git a/sys/sparc64/sparc64/pmap.c b/sys/sparc64/sparc64/pmap.c
index 209be106747a..e34bd20b08d2 100644
--- a/sys/sparc64/sparc64/pmap.c
+++ b/sys/sparc64/sparc64/pmap.c
@@ -671,11 +671,9 @@ pmap_bootstrap(u_int cpu_impl)
 
 	/*
 	 * Initialize the kernel pmap (which is statically allocated).
-	 * NOTE: PMAP_LOCK_INIT() is needed as part of the initialization
-	 * but sparc64 start up is not ready to initialize mutexes yet.
-	 * It is called in machdep.c.
 	 */
 	pm = kernel_pmap;
+	PMAP_LOCK_INIT(pm);
 	for (i = 0; i < MAXCPU; i++)
 		pm->pm_context[i] = TLB_CTX_KERNEL;
 	CPU_FILL(&pm->pm_active);