diff --git a/agb/src/agb_alloc/block_allocator.rs b/agb/src/agb_alloc/block_allocator.rs
index 9ca55fa4..2e903381 100644
--- a/agb/src/agb_alloc/block_allocator.rs
+++ b/agb/src/agb_alloc/block_allocator.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@ pub(crate) struct BlockAllocator {
     state: Mutex<BlockAllocatorState>,
 }
 
+impl BlockAllocator {
+    pub(super) const unsafe fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            inner_allocator: BumpAllocator::new(),
+            state: Mutex::new(BlockAllocatorState {
+                first_block: None,
+                last_block: None,
+            }),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 unsafe impl GlobalAlloc for BlockAllocator {
     unsafe fn alloc(&self, layout: Layout) -> *mut u8 {
         let block_layout = Layout::new::<Block>();
diff --git a/agb/src/agb_alloc/mod.rs b/agb/src/agb_alloc/mod.rs
index ec01fb04..b67ff9ff 100644
--- a/agb/src/agb_alloc/mod.rs
+++ b/agb/src/agb_alloc/mod.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ use core::alloc::Layout;
 mod block_allocator;
 mod bump_allocator;
 
-use bump_allocator::BumpAllocator;
+use block_allocator::BlockAllocator;
 
 const EWRAM_END: usize = 0x0204_0000;
 
 #[global_allocator]
-static GLOBAL_ALLOC: BumpAllocator = BumpAllocator::new();
+static GLOBAL_ALLOC: BlockAllocator = unsafe { BlockAllocator::new() };
 
 #[alloc_error_handler]
 fn alloc_error(layout: Layout) -> ! {