diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c928a83b2f..da95c7c550 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ use arch::core_local::*;
 // Used for integration test status.
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub use env::is_uhyve as _is_uhyve;
-use mm::allocator::LockedAllocator;
 
 pub(crate) use crate::arch::*;
 pub use crate::config::DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE;
@@ -124,10 +123,6 @@ fn trivial_test() {
 	panic!("Test called");
 }
 
-#[cfg(target_os = "none")]
-#[global_allocator]
-static ALLOCATOR: LockedAllocator = LockedAllocator::new();
-
 /// Entry point of a kernel thread, which initialize the libos
 #[cfg(target_os = "none")]
 extern "C" fn initd(_arg: usize) {
diff --git a/src/mm/mod.rs b/src/mm/mod.rs
index 815960c350..bc62d2a5a2 100644
--- a/src/mm/mod.rs
+++ b/src/mm/mod.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use hermit_sync::Lazy;
 #[cfg(feature = "newlib")]
 use hermit_sync::OnceCell;
 
+use self::allocator::LockedAllocator;
 #[cfg(any(target_arch = "x86_64", target_arch = "riscv64"))]
 use crate::arch::mm::paging::HugePageSize;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ use crate::arch::mm::PhysAddr;
 use crate::arch::mm::VirtAddr;
 use crate::{arch, env};
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "none")]
+#[global_allocator]
+pub static ALLOCATOR: LockedAllocator = LockedAllocator::new();
+
 /// Physical and virtual address range of the 2 MiB pages that map the kernel.
 static KERNEL_ADDR_RANGE: Lazy<Range<VirtAddr>> = Lazy::new(|| {
 	if cfg!(target_os = "none") {
@@ -116,7 +121,7 @@ pub(crate) fn init() {
 
 		unsafe {
 			let start = allocate(kernel_heap_size, true);
-			crate::ALLOCATOR.init(start.as_mut_ptr(), kernel_heap_size);
+			ALLOCATOR.init(start.as_mut_ptr(), kernel_heap_size);
 
 			info!("Kernel heap starts at {:#x}", start);
 		}
@@ -275,7 +280,7 @@ pub(crate) fn init() {
 
 	#[cfg(not(feature = "newlib"))]
 	unsafe {
-		crate::ALLOCATOR.init(
+		ALLOCATOR.init(
 			heap_start_addr.as_mut_ptr(),
 			(heap_end_addr - heap_start_addr).into(),
 		);
diff --git a/src/syscalls/mod.rs b/src/syscalls/mod.rs
index 052e6139ec..bac0a774fe 100644
--- a/src/syscalls/mod.rs
+++ b/src/syscalls/mod.rs
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ use crate::fd::{
 	IoError, OpenOption, PollFd,
 };
 use crate::fs::{self, FileAttr};
-use crate::syscalls::interfaces::SyscallInterface;
 #[cfg(all(target_os = "none", not(feature = "common-os")))]
-use crate::ALLOCATOR;
+use crate::mm::ALLOCATOR;
+use crate::syscalls::interfaces::SyscallInterface;
 
 mod condvar;
 mod entropy;