diff --git a/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC b/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
index d3cdef23bbc9..f74db37a283e 100644
--- a/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ options 	INVARIANT_SUPPORT	# Extra sanity checks of internal structures, require
 options 	WITNESS			# Enable checks to detect deadlocks and cycles
 options 	WITNESS_SKIPSPIN	# Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed
 options 	MALLOC_DEBUG_MAXZONES=8	# Separate malloc(9) zones
+options 	VERBOSE_SYSINIT=0	# Support debug.verbose_sysinit, off by default
 
 # Kernel dump features.
 options 	EKCD			# Support for encrypted kernel dumps
diff --git a/sys/amd64/conf/MINIMAL b/sys/amd64/conf/MINIMAL
index 011400f3967f..4a2bb7a0920b 100644
--- a/sys/amd64/conf/MINIMAL
+++ b/sys/amd64/conf/MINIMAL
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ options 	INVARIANT_SUPPORT	# Extra sanity checks of internal structures, require
 options 	WITNESS			# Enable checks to detect deadlocks and cycles
 options 	WITNESS_SKIPSPIN	# Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed
 options 	MALLOC_DEBUG_MAXZONES=8	# Separate malloc(9) zones
+options 	VERBOSE_SYSINIT=0	# Support debug.verbose_sysinit, off by default
 
 # Make an SMP-capable kernel by default
 options 	SMP			# Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel
diff --git a/sys/arm/conf/std.arm b/sys/arm/conf/std.arm
index d69f06c579f4..7ce4823b486f 100644
--- a/sys/arm/conf/std.arm
+++ b/sys/arm/conf/std.arm
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ options 	WITNESS_SKIPSPIN	# Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed
 #options 	MALLOC_DEBUG_MAXZONES=8	# Separate malloc(9) zones
 options 	ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER	# Enter debugger on keyboard escape sequence
 options 	USB_DEBUG		# Enable usb debug support code
+options 	VERBOSE_SYSINIT=0	# Support debug.verbose_sysinit, off by default
 
 # Optional extras, never enabled by default:
 #options 	BOOTVERBOSE
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ options 	USB_DEBUG		# Enable usb debug support code
 #options 	KTR_VERBOSE=0
 #options 	USB_REQ_DEBUG
 #options 	USB_VERBOSE
-#options 	VERBOSE_SYSINIT		# Enable verbose sysinit messages
 
 
 
diff --git a/sys/arm/conf/std.armv6 b/sys/arm/conf/std.armv6
index 52685a9b13bf..742dbc42bf49 100644
--- a/sys/arm/conf/std.armv6
+++ b/sys/arm/conf/std.armv6
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ options 	WITNESS_SKIPSPIN	# Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed
 options 	MALLOC_DEBUG_MAXZONES=8	# Separate malloc(9) zones
 options 	ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER	# Enter debugger on keyboard escape sequence
 options 	USB_DEBUG		# Enable usb debug support code
+options 	VERBOSE_SYSINIT=0	# Support debug.verbose_sysinit, off by default
 
 # Optional extras, never enabled by default:
 #options 	BOOTVERBOSE
@@ -81,5 +82,4 @@ options 	USB_DEBUG		# Enable usb debug support code
 #options 	KTR_VERBOSE=0
 #options 	USB_REQ_DEBUG
 #options 	USB_VERBOSE
-#options 	VERBOSE_SYSINIT		# Enable verbose sysinit messages
 
diff --git a/sys/arm/conf/std.armv7 b/sys/arm/conf/std.armv7
index c3ab6852e615..428b7b144006 100644
--- a/sys/arm/conf/std.armv7
+++ b/sys/arm/conf/std.armv7
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ options 	WITNESS_SKIPSPIN	# Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed
 options 	MALLOC_DEBUG_MAXZONES=8	# Separate malloc(9) zones
 options 	ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER	# Enter debugger on keyboard escape sequence
 options 	USB_DEBUG		# Enable usb debug support code
+options 	VERBOSE_SYSINIT=0	# Support debug.verbose_sysinit, off by default
 
 # Optional extras, never enabled by default:
 #options 	BOOTVERBOSE
@@ -81,4 +82,3 @@ options 	USB_DEBUG		# Enable usb debug support code
 #options 	KTR_VERBOSE=0
 #options 	USB_REQ_DEBUG
 #options 	USB_VERBOSE
-#options 	VERBOSE_SYSINIT		# Enable verbose sysinit messages
diff --git a/sys/arm64/conf/GENERIC b/sys/arm64/conf/GENERIC
index 92e7c9347ac2..ee4ab292928f 100644
--- a/sys/arm64/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/arm64/conf/GENERIC
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ options 	WITNESS_SKIPSPIN	# Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed
 options 	MALLOC_DEBUG_MAXZONES=8	# Separate malloc(9) zones
 options 	ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER	# Enter debugger on keyboard escape sequence
 options 	USB_DEBUG		# enable debug msgs
+options 	VERBOSE_SYSINIT=0	# Support debug.verbose_sysinit, off by default
 
 # Kernel dump features.
 options 	EKCD			# Support for encrypted kernel dumps
diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC b/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
index dd0abcf9adaf..e3f0a62d7e00 100644
--- a/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ options 	INVARIANT_SUPPORT	# Extra sanity checks of internal structures, require
 options 	WITNESS			# Enable checks to detect deadlocks and cycles
 options 	WITNESS_SKIPSPIN	# Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed
 options 	MALLOC_DEBUG_MAXZONES=8	# Separate malloc(9) zones
+options 	VERBOSE_SYSINIT=0	# Support debug.verbose_sysinit, off by default
 
 # Kernel dump features.
 options 	EKCD			# Support for encrypted kernel dumps
diff --git a/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC b/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC
index 820bee6c32ee..7750e9ec910c 100644
--- a/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ options 	INVARIANT_SUPPORT	#Extra sanity checks of internal structures, required
 options 	WITNESS			#Enable checks to detect deadlocks and cycles
 options 	WITNESS_SKIPSPIN	#Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed
 options 	MALLOC_DEBUG_MAXZONES=8	# Separate malloc(9) zones
+options 	VERBOSE_SYSINIT=0	# Support debug.verbose_sysinit, off by default
 
 # Kernel dump features.
 options 	EKCD			# Support for encrypted kernel dumps
diff --git a/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC64 b/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC64
index 5411ac9acc1e..fd24daff91e4 100644
--- a/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC64
+++ b/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC64
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ options 	INVARIANT_SUPPORT	#Extra sanity checks of internal structures, required
 options 	WITNESS			#Enable checks to detect deadlocks and cycles
 options 	WITNESS_SKIPSPIN	#Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed
 options 	MALLOC_DEBUG_MAXZONES=8	# Separate malloc(9) zones
+options 	VERBOSE_SYSINIT=0	# Support debug.verbose_sysinit, off by default
 
 # Kernel dump features.
 options 	EKCD			# Support for encrypted kernel dumps
diff --git a/sys/riscv/conf/GENERIC b/sys/riscv/conf/GENERIC
index 389a0a13cb5e..20e12dacc42f 100644
--- a/sys/riscv/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/riscv/conf/GENERIC
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ options 	INVARIANT_SUPPORT	# Extra sanity checks of internal structures, require
 # options 	WITNESS_SKIPSPIN	# Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed
 options 	MALLOC_DEBUG_MAXZONES=8	# Separate malloc(9) zones
 # options 	EARLY_PRINTF
-# options 	VERBOSE_SYSINIT
+options 	VERBOSE_SYSINIT=0	# Support debug.verbose_sysinit, off by default
 
 # Kernel dump features.
 options		ZSTDIO			# zstd-compressed kernel and user dumps
diff --git a/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC b/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC
index d3693acec65a..c1adc072c5a7 100644
--- a/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ options 	INVARIANT_SUPPORT	# Extra sanity checks of internal structures, require
 options 	WITNESS			# Enable checks to detect deadlocks and cycles
 options 	WITNESS_SKIPSPIN	# Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed
 options 	MALLOC_DEBUG_MAXZONES=8	# Separate malloc(9) zones
+options 	VERBOSE_SYSINIT=0	# Support debug.verbose_sysinit, off by default
 
 # Kernel dump features.
 options 	EKCD			# Support for encrypted kernel dumps