diff --git a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/reactos/archwsup.c b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/reactos/archwsup.c
index e481d6a1cd2..75be54ae812 100644
--- a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/reactos/archwsup.c
+++ b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/reactos/archwsup.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ extern CHAR reactos_arc_hardware_data[];
 ULONG FldrpHwHeapLocation;
 PCONFIGURATION_COMPONENT_DATA FldrArcHwTreeRoot;
 
+BOOLEAN UseRealHeap = FALSE;
+
 /* FUNCTIONS ******************************************************************/
 
 PVOID
@@ -25,13 +27,21 @@ NTAPI
 FldrpHwHeapAlloc(IN ULONG Size)
 {
     PVOID Buffer;
-    
-    /* Return a block of memory from the ARC Hardware Heap */
-    Buffer = &reactos_arc_hardware_data[FldrpHwHeapLocation];
-    
-    /* Increment the heap location */
-    FldrpHwHeapLocation += Size;
-    if (FldrpHwHeapLocation > HW_MAX_ARC_HEAP_SIZE) Buffer = NULL;
+
+    if (UseRealHeap)
+    {
+        /* Allocate memory from generic bootloader heap */
+        Buffer = MmHeapAlloc(Size);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        /* Return a block of memory from the ARC Hardware Heap */
+        Buffer = &reactos_arc_hardware_data[FldrpHwHeapLocation];
+
+        /* Increment the heap location */
+        FldrpHwHeapLocation += Size;
+        if (FldrpHwHeapLocation > HW_MAX_ARC_HEAP_SIZE) Buffer = NULL;
+    }
 
     /* Clear it */
     if (Buffer)
diff --git a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/windows/winldr.c b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/windows/winldr.c
index 2ce1cdec342..3b046c714bd 100644
--- a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/windows/winldr.c
+++ b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/windows/winldr.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ extern ULONG reactos_disk_count;
 extern ARC_DISK_SIGNATURE reactos_arc_disk_info[];
 extern char reactos_arc_strings[32][256];
 
+extern BOOLEAN UseRealHeap;
+
 BOOLEAN
 WinLdrCheckForLoadedDll(IN OUT PLOADER_PARAMETER_BLOCK WinLdrBlock,
                         IN PCH DllName,
@@ -429,6 +431,7 @@ LoadAndBootWindows(PCSTR OperatingSystemName, WORD OperatingSystemVersion)
 	AllocateAndInitLPB(&LoaderBlock);
 
 	/* Detect hardware */
+	UseRealHeap = TRUE;
 	LoaderBlock->ConfigurationRoot = MachHwDetect();
 
 	/* Load kernel */