diff --git a/kernel/src/init/InitRD.cpp b/kernel/src/init/InitRD.cpp
index 9863b31b..01f9432d 100644
--- a/kernel/src/init/InitRD.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/init/InitRD.cpp
@@ -375,8 +375,10 @@ void InitRD::init()
         (void*)bootboot.initrd_ptr, Utilities::get_blocks_from_size(PAGE_SIZE, bootboot.initrd_size));
     kdbgln("physical base at %lx, size %lx, mapped to %p", bootboot.initrd_ptr, bootboot.initrd_size, initrd_base);
     kdbgln("total blocks: %ld", get_total_blocks());
+    void* leak = kmalloc(4); // leak some memory so that kmalloc doesn't continually allocate and free pages
     initrd_initialize_root();
     initrd_scan();
     VFS::mount_root(&initrd_root);
     initrd_initialized = true;
+    kfree(leak);
 }
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