diff --git a/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_memory.cc b/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_memory.cc
index a8c1e612d..12c67346d 100644
--- a/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_memory.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_memory.cc
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ X_STATUS xeNtAllocateVirtualMemory(
   }
 
   // Allocate.
-  uint32_t flags = 0;
+  uint32_t flags = (allocation_type & X_MEM_NOZERO);
   uint32_t addr = xe_memory_heap_alloc(
       state->memory(), *base_addr_ptr, adjusted_size, flags);
   if (!addr) {
diff --git a/src/xenia/memory.cc b/src/xenia/memory.cc
index 73de43739..a4308997e 100644
--- a/src/xenia/memory.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/memory.cc
@@ -527,7 +527,8 @@ uint32_t xe_memory_heap_t::Alloc(
         PAGE_READWRITE);
   }
 
-  if (FLAGS_scribble_heap) {
+  if ((flags & X_MEM_NOZERO) &&
+      FLAGS_scribble_heap) {
     // Trash the memory so that we can see bad read-before-write bugs easier.
     memset(p, 0xCD, alloc_size);
   }