diff --git a/kernel/kernel/kmalloc.cpp b/kernel/kernel/kmalloc.cpp
index 560e4bf767..2cfee304ca 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/kmalloc.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/kmalloc.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ static constexpr uintptr_t	s_kmalloc_end	= s_kmalloc_base + s_kmalloc_size;
 static constexpr uintptr_t	s_kmalloc_eternal_base	= s_kmalloc_end;
 static constexpr size_t		s_kmalloc_eternal_size	= 1 * MB;
 static constexpr uintptr_t	s_kmalloc_eternal_end	= s_kmalloc_eternal_base + s_kmalloc_eternal_size;
+static			uintptr_t	s_kmalloc_eternal_ptr	= s_kmalloc_eternal_base;
 
 static constexpr size_t		s_kmalloc_default_align		= alignof(max_align_t);
 static constexpr size_t		s_kmalloc_chunk_size		= s_kmalloc_default_align;
@@ -97,6 +98,16 @@ void kmalloc_dump_info()
 	kprintln("  free: {}", s_kmalloc_eternal_free);
 }
 
+void* kmalloc_eternal(size_t size)
+{
+	if (size_t rem = size % alignof(max_align_t))
+		size += alignof(max_align_t) - rem;
+	ASSERT(s_kmalloc_eternal_ptr + size < s_kmalloc_eternal_end);
+	void* result = (void*)s_kmalloc_eternal_ptr;
+	s_kmalloc_eternal_ptr += size;
+	return result;
+}
+
 void* kmalloc(size_t size)
 {
 	return kmalloc(size, s_kmalloc_default_align);