diff --git a/sys/mips/mips/machdep.c b/sys/mips/mips/machdep.c
index 6df7cc576aa..80e3a47843d 100644
--- a/sys/mips/mips/machdep.c
+++ b/sys/mips/mips/machdep.c
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ cpu_startup(void *dummy)
 	if (boothowto & RB_VERBOSE)
 		bootverbose++;
 
-	bootverbose++;
 	printf("real memory  = %lu (%luK bytes)\n", ptoa(realmem),
 	    ptoa(realmem) / 1024);