diff --git a/sys/sparc64/sparc64/pmap.c b/sys/sparc64/sparc64/pmap.c
index c07d5d223d38..18cd0f9578db 100644
--- a/sys/sparc64/sparc64/pmap.c
+++ b/sys/sparc64/sparc64/pmap.c
@@ -1022,11 +1022,10 @@ pmap_pinit(pmap_t pm)
 
 	VM_OBJECT_LOCK(pm->pm_tsb_obj);
 	for (i = 0; i < TSB_PAGES; i++) {
-		m = vm_page_grab(pm->pm_tsb_obj, i,
+		m = vm_page_grab(pm->pm_tsb_obj, i, VM_ALLOC_NOBUSY |
 		    VM_ALLOC_RETRY | VM_ALLOC_WIRED | VM_ALLOC_ZERO);
 
 		vm_page_lock_queues();
-		vm_page_flag_clear(m, PG_BUSY);
 		m->valid = VM_PAGE_BITS_ALL;
 		m->md.pmap = pm;
 		vm_page_unlock_queues();