diff --git a/include/villas/memory_type.h b/include/villas/memory_type.h
index fbe2553d6..f96e28274 100644
--- a/include/villas/memory_type.h
+++ b/include/villas/memory_type.h
@@ -60,4 +60,4 @@ extern struct memory_type *memory_default;
 struct memory_type * memory_ib(struct node *n, struct memory_type *parent);
 struct memory_type * memory_managed(void *ptr, size_t len);
 
-int memory_hugepage_init(int hugepages);
+int memory_mmap_init(int hugepages);
diff --git a/lib/memory.cpp b/lib/memory.cpp
index 86cc9d3d9..7adb5211a 100644
--- a/lib/memory.cpp
+++ b/lib/memory.cpp
@@ -44,18 +44,9 @@ int memory_init(int hugepages)
 
 	info("Initialize memory sub-system: #hugepages=%d", hugepages);
 
-	if (hugepages > 0) {
-		ret = memory_hugepage_init(hugepages);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-
-		memory_default = &memory_mmap_hugetlb;
-	}
-	else {
-		memory_default = &memory_mmap;
-
-		warning("Hugepage allocator disabled.");
-	}
+	ret = memory_mmap_init(hugepages);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
 
 	size_t lock = kernel_get_hugepage_size() * hugepages;
 
diff --git a/lib/memory/mmap.cpp b/lib/memory/mmap.cpp
index aad72f196..d56ee150b 100644
--- a/lib/memory/mmap.cpp
+++ b/lib/memory/mmap.cpp
@@ -45,31 +45,38 @@ using namespace villas::utils;
 static size_t pgsz = -1;
 static size_t hugepgsz = -1;
 
-int memory_hugepage_init(int hugepages)
+int memory_mmap_init(int hugepages)
 {
 	pgsz = kernel_get_page_size();
 	if (pgsz < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	hugepgsz = kernel_get_hugepage_size();
-	if (hugepgsz < 0)
-		return -1;
+	if (hugepages > 0) {
+        hugepgsz = kernel_get_hugepage_size();
+        if (hugepgsz < 0)
+            return -1;
 
 #if defined(__linux__) && defined(__x86_64__)
-	int pagecnt;
+        int pagecnt;
 
-	pagecnt = kernel_get_nr_hugepages();
-	if (pagecnt < hugepages) {
-		if (getuid() == 0) {
-			kernel_set_nr_hugepages(hugepages);
-			debug(LOG_MEM | 2, "Increased number of reserved hugepages from %d to %d", pagecnt, hugepages);
-		}
-		else {
-			warning("Failed to reserved hugepages. Please reserve manually by running as root:");
-			warning("   $ echo %d > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages", hugepages);
-		}
-	}
+        pagecnt = kernel_get_nr_hugepages();
+        if (pagecnt < hugepages) {
+            if (getuid() == 0) {
+                kernel_set_nr_hugepages(hugepages);
+                debug(LOG_MEM | 2, "Increased number of reserved hugepages from %d to %d", pagecnt, hugepages);
+			}
+			else {
+                warning("Failed to reserved hugepages. Please reserve manually by running as root:");
+                warning("   $ echo %d > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages", hugepages);
+            }
+        }
 #endif
+        memory_default = &memory_mmap_hugetlb;
+	}
+	else {
+        warning("Hugepage allocator disabled.");
+        memory_default = &memory_mmap;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -97,16 +104,12 @@ static struct memory_allocation * memory_mmap_alloc(size_t len, size_t alignment
 		fd = -1;
 #endif
 		sz = hugepgsz;
-
-		info("allocate %#zx bytes mmap_hugetlb memory", len);
 	}
 	else {
 		flags = MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS;
 		fd = -1;
 
 		sz = pgsz;
-
-		info("allocate %#zx bytes mmap memory", len);
 	}
 
 	/** We must make sure that len is a multiple of the page size
@@ -146,7 +149,7 @@ struct memory_type memory_mmap = {
 };
 
 struct memory_type memory_mmap_hugetlb = {
-	.name = "mmap",
+	.name = "mmap_hugetlb",
 	.flags = (int) MemoryFlags::MMAP | (int) MemoryFlags::HUGEPAGE,
 	.alignment = 21, /* 2 MiB hugepage */
 	.alloc = memory_mmap_alloc,