diff --git a/rts/sm/NonMoving.c b/rts/sm/NonMoving.c
index 5cb7c8b7e5868bc65f474df95c96100dd2a8db81..0bd96d18005b1a780ebed3cc270a1c77b6553204 100644
--- a/rts/sm/NonMoving.c
+++ b/rts/sm/NonMoving.c
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ memcount nonmoving_live_words = 0;
 #if defined(THREADED_RTS)
 static void* nonmovingConcurrentMark(void *mark_queue);
 #endif
-static void nonmovingClearBitmap(struct NonmovingSegment *seg);
 static void nonmovingMark_(MarkQueue *mark_queue, StgWeak **dead_weaks, StgTSO **resurrected_threads);
 
 static void nonmovingInitSegment(struct NonmovingSegment *seg, uint8_t log_block_size)
@@ -681,7 +680,7 @@ void nonmovingAddCapabilities(uint32_t new_n_caps)
     nonmovingHeap.n_caps = new_n_caps;
 }
 
-static inline void nonmovingClearBitmap(struct NonmovingSegment *seg)
+void nonmovingClearBitmap(struct NonmovingSegment *seg)
 {
     unsigned int n = nonmovingSegmentBlockCount(seg);
     memset(seg->bitmap, 0, n);
@@ -715,13 +714,9 @@ static void nonmovingPrepareMark(void)
         if (filled) {
             struct NonmovingSegment *seg = filled;
             while (true) {
-                n_filled++;
-                prefetchForRead(seg->link);
-                // Clear bitmap
-                prefetchForWrite(seg->link->bitmap);
-                nonmovingClearBitmap(seg);
                 // Set snapshot
                 nonmovingSegmentInfo(seg)->next_free_snap = seg->next_free;
+                n_filled++;
                 if (seg->link)
                     seg = seg->link;
                 else
diff --git a/rts/sm/NonMoving.h b/rts/sm/NonMoving.h
index b3d4e14065cd718327b2fd16fa84b12a81e9a93b..36ecd8b0afc618fcd5c07452ee1fb61c32656d81 100644
--- a/rts/sm/NonMoving.h
+++ b/rts/sm/NonMoving.h
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ void nonmovingCollect(StgWeak **dead_weaks,
 void *nonmovingAllocate(Capability *cap, StgWord sz);
 void nonmovingAddCapabilities(uint32_t new_n_caps);
 void nonmovingPushFreeSegment(struct NonmovingSegment *seg);
+void nonmovingClearBitmap(struct NonmovingSegment *seg);
 
 
 INLINE_HEADER struct NonmovingSegmentInfo *nonmovingSegmentInfo(struct NonmovingSegment *seg) {
diff --git a/rts/sm/NonMovingSweep.c b/rts/sm/NonMovingSweep.c
index b39095961233e1bfe41629dee9a4dedd7696c669..925d7c2068b08d257f369408419bd03ed88e4465 100644
--- a/rts/sm/NonMovingSweep.c
+++ b/rts/sm/NonMovingSweep.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ nonmovingSweepSegment(struct NonmovingSegment *seg)
     } else {
         ASSERT(seg->next_free == 0);
         ASSERT(nonmovingSegmentInfo(seg)->next_free_snap == 0);
+        nonmovingClearBitmap(seg);
         return SEGMENT_FREE;
     }
 }