diff --git a/src/runtime/os_freebsd.go b/src/runtime/os_freebsd.go
index b09dc04433..fafe7f470b 100644
--- a/src/runtime/os_freebsd.go
+++ b/src/runtime/os_freebsd.go
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ func sysargs(argc int32, argv **byte) {
 const (
 	_AT_NULL   = 0  // Terminates the vector
 	_AT_PAGESZ = 6  // Page size in bytes
-	_AT_HWCAP  = 16 // CPU feature flags
+	_AT_HWCAP  = 26 // CPU feature flags
 )
 
 func sysauxv(auxv []uintptr) {
diff --git a/src/runtime/os_freebsd_arm.go b/src/runtime/os_freebsd_arm.go
index a8581b1c8e..f0d04244f3 100644
--- a/src/runtime/os_freebsd_arm.go
+++ b/src/runtime/os_freebsd_arm.go
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ const (
 	_HWCAP_IDIVA = 1 << 17
 )
 
-var hwcap uint32 // set by archauxv
-var hardDiv bool // set if a hardware divider is available
+var hwcap = ^uint32(0) // set by archauxv
+var hardDiv bool       // set if a hardware divider is available
 
 func checkgoarm() {
 	if goarm > 5 && hwcap&_HWCAP_VFP == 0 {