diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index 854bb8993fbc5..5e817a6f12dfb 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static void *mmap_file(const char *fname, uint64_t *mm_length) {
     int fd = open(fname, O_RDONLY);
     if (fd == -1) return 0;
     int64_t length = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
-    void *addr = mmap(NULL, length, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+    void *addr = mmap(NULL, length, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_POPULATE, fd, 0);
     close(fd);
     if (addr == MAP_FAILED) return 0;
 #endif