diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/page.c b/arch/x86/mm/page.c
index d2c4d4bd..e8985010 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/page.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/page.c
@@ -361,6 +361,9 @@ size_t map_region(size_t viraddr, size_t phyaddr, uint32_t npages, uint32_t flag
 #else
 			pgt->entries[index] |= PG_SVM;
 #endif
+		if (flags & MAP_SVM_LAZYRELEASE)
+			pgt->entries[index] |= PG_SVM_LAZYRELEASE|PG_PWT;
+
 		if (flags & MAP_NO_ACCESS)
 			pgt->entries[index] &= ~PG_PRESENT;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/svm.c b/arch/x86/mm/svm.c
index fbf26d2a..1dd2075f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/svm.c
@@ -137,11 +137,17 @@ int svm_access_request(size_t addr)
 	return change_page_permissions(addr, addr+PAGE_SIZE, VMA_READ|VMA_WRITE|VMA_CACHEABLE);
 }
 
-void* svmmalloc(size_t size, uint32_t consitency)
+void* svmmalloc(size_t size, uint32_t consistency)
 {
 	size_t phyaddr, viraddr, i;
 	uint32_t flags;
-	uint32_t map_flags = MAP_KERNEL_SPACE|MAP_MPE|MAP_SVM_STRONG;
+	uint32_t map_flags = MAP_KERNEL_SPACE|MAP_MPE;
+
+	if (consistency & SVM_STRONG)
+		map_flags |= MAP_SVM_STRONG;
+	else if (consistency & SVM_LAZYRELEASE)
+		map_flags |= MAP_SVM_LAZYRELEASE;
+	else return 0;
 
 	// currently, we allocate memory in page size granulation
 	size = (size + PAGE_SIZE - 1) & ~(PAGE_SIZE - 1);
@@ -150,7 +156,7 @@ void* svmmalloc(size_t size, uint32_t consitency)
 	flags = irq_nested_disable();
 	phyaddr = (size_t) RCCE_shmalloc(size);
 
-	if (RCCE_ue())
+	if (RCCE_ue() && (consistency & SVM_STRONG))
 		map_flags |= MAP_NO_ACCESS;
 	irq_nested_enable(flags);
 
diff --git a/include/metalsvm/stdlib.h b/include/metalsvm/stdlib.h
index 1c8eec47..15d0961e 100644
--- a/include/metalsvm/stdlib.h
+++ b/include/metalsvm/stdlib.h
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #define MAP_MPE			(1 << 8)
 #endif
 #define MAP_SVM_STRONG		(1 << 9)
-#define MAP_NO_ACCESS		(1 << 10)
+#define MAP_SVM_LAZYRELEASE	(1 << 10)
+#define MAP_NO_ACCESS		(1 << 11)
 
 void NORETURN abort(void);
 
diff --git a/kernel/tests.c b/kernel/tests.c
index e92253b5..2c52b868 100644
--- a/kernel/tests.c
+++ b/kernel/tests.c
@@ -115,8 +115,9 @@ int mail_ping(void* arg) {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-//#define N	1024
-#define N 	514
+#define N	1024
+//#define N 	514
+#define LAZY
 
 volatile static int* A[N];
 volatile static int* B[N];
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ static int svm_test(void *arg)
 	my_ue = RCCE_ue();
 	num_ues = RCCE_num_ues();
 
-#if 0
+#if 1
 	if (!my_ue) {
 		// allocate and initialize SVM region
 		A[0] = (int*) kmalloc(3*N*N*sizeof(int));
@@ -173,7 +174,11 @@ static int svm_test(void *arg)
 #endif
 
 	// allocate and initialize SVM region
+#ifndef LAZY
 	A[0] = (int*) svmmalloc(3*N*N*sizeof(int), SVM_STRONG);
+#else
+	A[0] = (int*) svmmalloc(3*N*N*sizeof(int), SVM_LAZYRELEASE);
+#endif
 	if (!my_ue)
 		memset((void*) A[0], 0x00, 3*N*N*sizeof(int));
 
@@ -199,9 +204,11 @@ static int svm_test(void *arg)
 	start = rdtsc();
 	start = rdtsc();
 
+#ifndef LAZY
 	// Now, we need only read access on A and B
 	change_page_permissions((size_t) A[0], (size_t) (A[0]+2*N*N), VMA_CACHEABLE|VMA_READ);
 	RCCE_barrier(&RCCE_COMM_WORLD);
+#endif
 
 	// start calculation
 	for(i=my_ue*(N/num_ues); i<(my_ue+1)*(N/num_ues); i++)