diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/MemArena.cpp b/Source/Core/Common/MemArena.cpp
index 5a5394ade4..60ad058778 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/MemArena.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/MemArena.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int AshmemCreateFileMapping(const char *name, size_t size)
 }
 #endif
 
-void MemArena::GrabLowMemSpace(size_t size)
+void MemArena::GrabSHMSegment(size_t size)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	hMemoryMapping = CreateFileMapping(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, nullptr, PAGE_READWRITE, 0, (DWORD)(size), nullptr);
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ void MemArena::GrabLowMemSpace(size_t size)
 }
 
 
-void MemArena::ReleaseSpace()
+void MemArena::ReleaseSHMSegment()
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	CloseHandle(hMemoryMapping);
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ u8 *MemoryMap_Setup(MemoryView *views, int num_views, u32 flags, MemArena *arena
 		if ((views[i].flags & MV_MIRROR_PREVIOUS) == 0)
 			total_mem += views[i].size;
 	}
-	// Grab some pagefile backed memory out of the void ...
-	arena->GrabLowMemSpace(total_mem);
+
+	arena->GrabSHMSegment(total_mem);
 
 	// Now, create views in high memory where there's plenty of space.
 	u8 *base = MemArena::Find4GBBase();
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/MemArena.h b/Source/Core/Common/MemArena.h
index d3ca8209c3..67482432fd 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/MemArena.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/MemArena.h
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 class MemArena
 {
 public:
-	void GrabLowMemSpace(size_t size);
-	void ReleaseSpace();
+	void GrabSHMSegment(size_t size);
+	void ReleaseSHMSegment();
 	void *CreateView(s64 offset, size_t size, void *base = nullptr);
 	void ReleaseView(void *view, size_t size);
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/HW/Memmap.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/HW/Memmap.cpp
index 21387577bd..d89647592e 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/HW/Memmap.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/HW/Memmap.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ void Shutdown()
 	if (SConfig::GetInstance().m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.bWii) flags |= MV_WII_ONLY;
 	if (bFakeVMEM) flags |= MV_FAKE_VMEM;
 	MemoryMap_Shutdown(views, num_views, flags, &g_arena);
-	g_arena.ReleaseSpace();
+	g_arena.ReleaseSHMSegment();
 	base = nullptr;
 	delete mmio_mapping;
 	INFO_LOG(MEMMAP, "Memory system shut down.");