diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6391b9e7a..a248458f8 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fn kernel_main(boot_info: &'static BootInfo) -> ! {
     blog_os::init();
 
     let mut mapper = unsafe { memory::init(boot_info.physical_memory_offset) };
-    let mut frame_allocator = memory::init_frame_allocator(&boot_info.memory_map);
+    let mut frame_allocator = memory::BootInfoFrameAllocator::init(&boot_info.memory_map);
 
     // map a previously unmapped page
     let page = Page::containing_address(VirtAddr::new(0xdeadbeaf000));
diff --git a/src/memory.rs b/src/memory.rs
index e05d97402..67f6f76f0 100644
--- a/src/memory.rs
+++ b/src/memory.rs
@@ -23,24 +23,6 @@ pub unsafe fn init(physical_memory_offset: u64) -> impl MapperAllSizes {
     MappedPageTable::new(level_4_table, phys_to_virt)
 }
 
-/// Create a FrameAllocator from the passed memory map
-pub fn init_frame_allocator(
-    memory_map: &'static MemoryMap,
-) -> BootInfoFrameAllocator<impl Iterator<Item = PhysFrame>> {
-    // get usable regions from memory map
-    let regions = memory_map
-        .iter()
-        .filter(|r| r.region_type == MemoryRegionType::Usable);
-    // map each region to its address range
-    let addr_ranges = regions.map(|r| r.range.start_addr()..r.range.end_addr());
-    // transform to an iterator of frame start addresses
-    let frame_addresses = addr_ranges.flat_map(|r| r.step_by(4096));
-    // create `PhysFrame` types from the start addresses
-    let frames = frame_addresses.map(|addr| PhysFrame::containing_address(PhysAddr::new(addr)));
-
-    BootInfoFrameAllocator { frames }
-}
-
 /// Returns a mutable reference to the active level 4 table.
 ///
 /// This function is unsafe because the caller must guarantee that the
@@ -83,18 +65,41 @@ impl FrameAllocator<Size4KiB> for EmptyFrameAllocator {
     }
 }
 
-pub struct BootInfoFrameAllocator<I>
-where
-    I: Iterator<Item = PhysFrame>,
-{
-    frames: I,
+pub struct BootInfoFrameAllocator {
+    memory_map: &'static MemoryMap,
+    last_yielded_frame: PhysFrame,
+}
+
+impl BootInfoFrameAllocator {
+    /// Create a FrameAllocator from the passed memory map
+    pub fn init(memory_map: &'static MemoryMap) -> Self {
+        BootInfoFrameAllocator {
+            memory_map,
+            last_yielded_frame: PhysFrame::containing_address(PhysAddr::new(0)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn usable_frames(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = PhysFrame> {
+        // get usable regions from memory map
+        let regions = self.memory_map.iter();
+        let usable_regions = regions.filter(|r| r.region_type == MemoryRegionType::Usable);
+        // map each region to its address range
+        let addr_ranges = usable_regions.map(|r| r.range.start_addr()..r.range.end_addr());
+        // transform to an iterator of frame start addresses
+        let frame_addresses = addr_ranges.flat_map(|r| r.step_by(4096));
+        // create `PhysFrame` types from the start addresses
+        frame_addresses.map(|addr| PhysFrame::containing_address(PhysAddr::new(addr)))
+    }
 }
 
-impl<I> FrameAllocator<Size4KiB> for BootInfoFrameAllocator<I>
-where
-    I: Iterator<Item = PhysFrame>,
-{
+impl FrameAllocator<Size4KiB> for BootInfoFrameAllocator {
     fn allocate_frame(&mut self) -> Option<PhysFrame> {
-        self.frames.next()
+        let usable_frames = self.usable_frames();
+        let mut frames = usable_frames.filter(|frame| frame > &self.last_yielded_frame);
+        let frame = frames.next();
+        if let Some(frame) = frame {
+            self.last_yielded_frame = frame.clone();
+        }
+        frame
     }
 }