diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/disk/norflash/norflash.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/disk/norflash/norflash.cpp
index 1fd7be7e40..27d371f69a 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/disk/norflash/norflash.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/disk/norflash/norflash.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ nor_init_device(void *_info, void **_cookie)
 	if (info->id < 0)
 		return info->id;
 
+	info->mapped += HIDDEN_BLOCKS * info->blocksize;
+
+
 	*_cookie = info;
 	return B_OK;
 }
@@ -142,8 +145,6 @@ nor_read(void *_cookie, off_t position, void *data, size_t *numbytes)
 	nor_driver_info *info = (nor_driver_info*)_cookie;
 	TRACE("read(%Ld,%lu)\n", position, *numbytes);
 
-	position += HIDDEN_BLOCKS * info->blocksize;
-
 	if (position + *numbytes > info->totalsize)
 		*numbytes = info->totalsize - (position + *numbytes);