diff --git a/stand/kboot/host_syscall.h b/stand/kboot/host_syscall.h
index 38f0fb04aa9..75394afcde6 100644
--- a/stand/kboot/host_syscall.h
+++ b/stand/kboot/host_syscall.h
@@ -206,4 +206,14 @@ ssize_t host_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t nbyte);
 	host_mmap(0, size, HOST_PROT_READ | HOST_PROT_WRITE, \
 	    HOST_MAP_PRIVATE | HOST_MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
 
+/*
+ * Translate Linux errno to FreeBSD errno. The two system have idenitcal errors
+ * for 1-34. After that, they differ. Linux also has errno that don't map
+ * exactly to FreeBSD's errno, plus the Linux errno are arch dependent >
+ * 34. Since we just need to do this for simple cases, use the simple mapping
+ * function where -1 to -34 are translated to 1 to 34 and all others are EINVAL.
+ * Pass the linux return value, which will be the -errno.
+ */
+#define host_to_stand_errno(e)	((-e) > 34 ? EINVAL : (-e))
+
 #endif
diff --git a/stand/kboot/hostfs.c b/stand/kboot/hostfs.c
index 08f532999ab..02afa885d83 100644
--- a/stand/kboot/hostfs.c
+++ b/stand/kboot/hostfs.c
@@ -112,9 +112,8 @@ hostfs_read(struct open_file *f, void *start, size_t size, size_t *resid)
 	ssize_t sz;
 
 	sz = host_read(hf->hf_fd, start, size);
-	if (sz < 0) {
-		return (EINVAL);
-	}
+	if (sz < 0)
+		return (host_to_stand_errno(sz));
 	*resid = size - sz;
 
 	return (0);