diff --git a/devicemodel/core/sw_load_bzimage.c b/devicemodel/core/sw_load_bzimage.c
index d242f15da..f9bfe77f5 100644
--- a/devicemodel/core/sw_load_bzimage.c
+++ b/devicemodel/core/sw_load_bzimage.c
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
  * +-----------------------------------------------------+
  * | ...                                                 |
  * +-----------------------------------------------------+
+ * | offset: lowmem - 4MB - 2K (kernel gdt)              |
+ * +-----------------------------------------------------+
  * | offset: lowmem - 4MB (ramdisk image)                |
  * +-----------------------------------------------------+
  * | offset: lowmem - 8K (bootargs)                      |
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@
  */
 
 /* Check default e820 table in sw_load_common.c for info about ctx->lowmem */
+#define	GDT_LOAD_OFF(ctx)	(ctx->lowmem - 4*MB - 2* KB)
 #define RAMDISK_LOAD_OFF(ctx)	(ctx->lowmem - 4*MB)
 #define BOOTARGS_LOAD_OFF(ctx)	(ctx->lowmem - 8*KB)
 #define KERNEL_ENTRY_OFF(ctx)	(ctx->lowmem - 6*KB)
@@ -280,13 +283,20 @@ acrn_prepare_zeropage(struct vmctx *ctx, int setup_size)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static const uint64_t bzimage_init_gdt[] = {
+	0x0UL,
+	0x0UL,
+	0x00CF9B000000FFFFUL,	/* Linear Code */
+	0x00CF93000000FFFFUL,	/* Linear Data */
+};
+
 int
 acrn_sw_load_bzimage(struct vmctx *ctx)
 {
 	int ret, setup_size;
-	uint64_t *cfg_offset = (uint64_t *)(ctx->baseaddr + GUEST_CFG_OFFSET);
 
-	*cfg_offset = ctx->lowmem;
+	memset(&ctx->bsp_regs, 0, sizeof(struct acrn_set_vcpu_regs));
+	ctx->bsp_regs.vcpu_id = 0;
 
 	if (with_bootargs) {
 		strcpy(ctx->baseaddr + BOOTARGS_LOAD_OFF(ctx), get_bootargs());
@@ -301,26 +311,43 @@ acrn_sw_load_bzimage(struct vmctx *ctx)
 	}
 
 	if (with_kernel) {
-		uint64_t *kernel_entry_addr =
-			(uint64_t *)(ctx->baseaddr + KERNEL_ENTRY_OFF(ctx));
-
 		ret = acrn_prepare_kernel(ctx);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 		setup_size = acrn_get_bzimage_setup_size(ctx);
 		if (setup_size <= 0)
 			return -1;
-		*kernel_entry_addr = (uint64_t)
+
+		ctx->bsp_regs.vcpu_regs.rip = (uint64_t)
 			(KERNEL_LOAD_OFF(ctx) + setup_size);
+
 		ret = acrn_prepare_zeropage(ctx, setup_size);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 
 		printf("SW_LOAD: zeropage prepared @ 0x%lx, "
 				"kernel_entry_addr=0x%lx\n",
-				ZEROPAGE_LOAD_OFF(ctx), *kernel_entry_addr);
+				ZEROPAGE_LOAD_OFF(ctx),
+				(KERNEL_LOAD_OFF(ctx) + setup_size));
 	}
 
+	memcpy(ctx->baseaddr + GDT_LOAD_OFF(ctx), &bzimage_init_gdt,
+			sizeof(bzimage_init_gdt));
+	ctx->bsp_regs.vcpu_regs.gdt.limit = sizeof(bzimage_init_gdt) - 1;
+	ctx->bsp_regs.vcpu_regs.gdt.base = GDT_LOAD_OFF(ctx);
+
+	/* CR0_ET | CR0_NE | CR0_PE */
+	ctx->bsp_regs.vcpu_regs.cr0 = 0x31U;
+
+	ctx->bsp_regs.vcpu_regs.cs_sel = 0x10U;
+	ctx->bsp_regs.vcpu_regs.cs_ar = 0xC09BU;
+
+	ctx->bsp_regs.vcpu_regs.ds_sel = 0x18U;
+	ctx->bsp_regs.vcpu_regs.ss_sel = 0x18U;
+	ctx->bsp_regs.vcpu_regs.es_sel = 0x18U;
+
+	ctx->bsp_regs.vcpu_regs.gprs.rsi = ZEROPAGE_LOAD_OFF(ctx);
+
 	return 0;
 }