diff --git a/aarch64/src/lib.rs b/aarch64/src/lib.rs
index 888eac7a72..7a0bcf994a 100644
--- a/aarch64/src/lib.rs
+++ b/aarch64/src/lib.rs
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ use vm_memory::GuestMemoryError;
 
 mod fdt;
 
-// We place the kernel at offset 8MB
-const AARCH64_KERNEL_OFFSET: u64 = 0x800000;
+// We place the kernel at the very beginning of physical memory.
+const AARCH64_KERNEL_OFFSET: u64 = 0;
 const AARCH64_FDT_MAX_SIZE: u64 = 0x200000;
 const AARCH64_INITRD_ALIGN: u64 = 0x1000000;
 
diff --git a/docs/book/src/appendix/memory_layout.md b/docs/book/src/appendix/memory_layout.md
index 9cc01c0971..9c6d22a66b 100644
--- a/docs/book/src/appendix/memory_layout.md
+++ b/docs/book/src/appendix/memory_layout.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ These apply when no bootloader is passed, so crosvm boots a kernel directly.
 
 | Name/source link          | Address           | End (exclusive) | Size  | Notes                        |
 | ------------------------- | ----------------- | --------------- | ----- | ---------------------------- |
-| [`AARCH64_KERNEL_OFFSET`] | `8080_0000`       |                 |       | Kernel load location in RAM  |
+| [`AARCH64_KERNEL_OFFSET`] | `8000_0000`       |                 |       | Kernel load location in RAM  |
 | [`initrd_addr`]           | after kernel      |                 |       | Linux initrd location in RAM |
 | [`fdt_address`]           | before end of RAM |                 | 2 MiB | Flattened device tree in RAM |