diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.d/linux b/libexec/rc/rc.d/linux
index f44a9d02fc8..c9c45ba8b33 100755
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.d/linux
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.d/linux
@@ -19,11 +19,17 @@ linux_start()
 {
 	local _emul_path _tmpdir
 
-	load_kld -e 'linux(aout|elf)' linux
 	case `sysctl -n hw.machine_arch` in
-	amd64)
+	aarch64)
 		load_kld -e 'linux64elf' linux64
 		;;
+	amd64)
+		load_kld -e 'linuxelf' linux
+		load_kld -e 'linux64elf' linux64
+		;;
+	i386)
+		load_kld -e 'linuxelf' linux
+		;;
 	esac
 
 	_emul_path="$(sysctl -n compat.linux.emul_path)"