diff --git a/libr/core/cmd_print.inc.c b/libr/core/cmd_print.inc.c
index 844112061e..7543db3210 100644
--- a/libr/core/cmd_print.inc.c
+++ b/libr/core/cmd_print.inc.c
@@ -2532,10 +2532,7 @@ static void annotated_hexdump(RCore *core, const char *str, int len) {
 		echars = chars;
 		ut64 ea = addr;
 		if (core->print->pava) {
-			ut64 va = r_io_p2v (core->io, addr);
-			if (va != UT64_MAX) {
-				ea = va;
-			}
+			r_io_p2v (core->io, addr, &ea);
 		}
 		if (usecolor) {
 			append (ebytes, core->cons->context->pal.offset);
@@ -6163,10 +6160,7 @@ static void cmd_print_pxb(RCore *core, int len, const char *input) {
 		if (c == 0) {
 			ut64 ea = core->offset + i;
 			if (core->print->pava) {
-				ut64 va = r_io_p2v (core->io, ea);
-				if (va != UT64_MAX) {
-					ea = va;
-				}
+				r_io_p2v (core->io, ea, &ea);
 			}
 			r_print_section (core->print, ea);
 			r_print_offset (core->print, ea, 0, 0, NULL);
diff --git a/libr/include/r_io.h b/libr/include/r_io.h
index 6f9ce672df..7624c5786a 100644
--- a/libr/include/r_io.h
+++ b/libr/include/r_io.h
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ typedef bool (*RIOFdClose)(RIO *io, int fd);
 typedef ut64 (*RIOFdSeek)(RIO *io, int fd, ut64 addr, int whence);
 typedef ut64 (*RIOFdSize)(RIO *io, int fd);
 typedef bool (*RIOFdResize)(RIO *io, int fd, ut64 newsize);
-typedef ut64 (*RIOP2V)(RIO *io, ut64 pa);
+typedef bool (*RIOP2V)(RIO *io, ut64 p, ut64 *v);
 typedef ut64 (*RIOV2P)(RIO *io, ut64 va);
 typedef int (*RIOFdRead)(RIO *io, int fd, ut8 *buf, int len);
 typedef int (*RIOFdWrite)(RIO *io, int fd, const ut8 *buf, int len);
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ R_API bool r_io_map_locate(RIO *io, ut64 *addr, const ut64 size, ut64 load_align
 
 // p2v/v2p
 
-R_API ut64 r_io_p2v(RIO *io, ut64 pa);
+R_API bool r_io_p2v(RIO *io, ut64 p, ut64 *v);
 R_API ut64 r_io_v2p(RIO *io, ut64 va);
 
 //io_submap.c
diff --git a/libr/io/io.c b/libr/io/io.c
index 4012c1cd0f..7b7a60cfca 100644
--- a/libr/io/io.c
+++ b/libr/io/io.c
@@ -449,13 +449,14 @@ R_API bool r_io_set_write_mask(RIO* io, const ut8* mask, int len) {
 	return true;
 }
 
-R_API ut64 r_io_p2v(RIO *io, ut64 pa) {
-	R_RETURN_VAL_IF_FAIL (io, 0);
-	RIOMap *map = r_io_map_get_paddr (io, pa);
-	if (map) {
-		return pa - map->delta + r_io_map_begin (map);
+R_API bool r_io_p2v(RIO *io, ut64 p, ut64 *v) {
+	R_RETURN_VAL_IF_FAIL (io && v, false);
+	RIOMap *map = r_io_map_get_paddr (io, p);
+	if (!map) {
+		return false;
 	}
-	return UT64_MAX;
+	*v = p - map->delta + r_io_map_begin (map);
+	return true;
 }
 
 R_API ut64 r_io_v2p(RIO *io, ut64 va) {
diff --git a/libr/util/print.c b/libr/util/print.c
index a28ab8d6ae..c0b55f6e6a 100644
--- a/libr/util/print.c
+++ b/libr/util/print.c
@@ -444,10 +444,7 @@ R_API void r_print_addr(RPrint *p, ut64 addr) {
 		ch = '|';
 	}
 	if (p && p->pava) {
-		ut64 va = p->iob.p2v (p->iob.io, addr);
-		if (va != UT64_MAX) {
-			addr = va;
-		}
+		p->iob.p2v (p->iob.io, addr, &addr);
 	}
 	if (use_segoff) {
 		ut32 s, a;