diff --git a/src/binfmt_rto/binfmt_rto.c b/src/binfmt_rto/binfmt_rto.c
index e4e07142a32243d9ca8b05cd1d4d56a8239522db..142b3d470b61858dc8e6b5cb33734c1f9f141079 100644
--- a/src/binfmt_rto/binfmt_rto.c
+++ b/src/binfmt_rto/binfmt_rto.c
@@ -1623,7 +1623,8 @@ out_free_interp:
 		unsigned long pop_len = ELF_PAGEALIGN(elf_bss) - rto_layout_start_addr;
 		if (debug)
 			printk("sysboost: start 0x%lx end 0x%lx len 0x%lx\n", rto_layout_start_addr, ELF_PAGEALIGN(elf_bss), pop_len);
-		rto_sym.do_mm_populate(current->mm, rto_layout_start_addr, pop_len, 1);
+		if (populate)
+			rto_sym.do_mm_populate(current->mm, rto_layout_start_addr, pop_len, 1);
 	}
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/binfmt_rto/main.c b/src/binfmt_rto/main.c
index cd61ef5e0d80a630415d8711008c3f520d2a35ca..47406b96a378d357a805ba84c4eaf6d62e33d0df 100644
--- a/src/binfmt_rto/main.c
+++ b/src/binfmt_rto/main.c
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ int debug = 0;
 module_param(debug, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "debug mode");
 
+bool populate = false;
+module_param(populate, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(populate, "populate memory");
+
 kallsyms_lookup_name_kprobe_t klookupf;
 
 static int init_kallsyms_lookup_name(void)
diff --git a/src/binfmt_rto/main.h b/src/binfmt_rto/main.h
index 04dc032af6f0d7f56b46aae0504d75d88226799b..01b57cf32f10f1177a2ecf724f8b63d2236df533 100644
--- a/src/binfmt_rto/main.h
+++ b/src/binfmt_rto/main.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 extern bool use_rto;
 extern int debug;
+extern bool populate;
 
 typedef unsigned long (*kallsyms_lookup_name_kprobe_t)(const char *name);
 extern kallsyms_lookup_name_kprobe_t klookupf;