diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_memalloc.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_memalloc.c
index f7f07abd6..a5fb09f71 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_memalloc.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_memalloc.c
@@ -47,6 +47,18 @@ eal_memalloc_sync_with_primary(void)
 	return -1;
 }
 
+int
+eal_memalloc_get_seg_fd(int list_idx, int seg_idx)
+{
+	return -1;
+}
+
+int
+eal_memalloc_set_seg_fd(int list_idx, int seg_idx, int fd)
+{
+	return -1;
+}
+
 int
 eal_memalloc_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_memory.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_memory.c
index fbfb1b055..034c2026a 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_memory.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_memory.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ dump_memseg(const struct rte_memseg_list *msl, const struct rte_memseg *ms,
 		void *arg)
 {
 	struct rte_mem_config *mcfg = rte_eal_get_configuration()->mem_config;
-	int msl_idx, ms_idx;
+	int msl_idx, ms_idx, fd;
 	FILE *f = arg;
 
 	msl_idx = msl - mcfg->memsegs;
@@ -305,10 +305,11 @@ dump_memseg(const struct rte_memseg_list *msl, const struct rte_memseg *ms,
 	if (ms_idx < 0)
 		return -1;
 
+	fd = eal_memalloc_get_seg_fd(msl_idx, ms_idx);
 	fprintf(f, "Segment %i-%i: IOVA:0x%"PRIx64", len:%zu, "
 			"virt:%p, socket_id:%"PRId32", "
 			"hugepage_sz:%"PRIu64", nchannel:%"PRIx32", "
-			"nrank:%"PRIx32"\n",
+			"nrank:%"PRIx32" fd:%i\n",
 			msl_idx, ms_idx,
 			ms->iova,
 			ms->len,
@@ -316,7 +317,8 @@ dump_memseg(const struct rte_memseg_list *msl, const struct rte_memseg *ms,
 			ms->socket_id,
 			ms->hugepage_sz,
 			ms->nchannel,
-			ms->nrank);
+			ms->nrank,
+			fd);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_memalloc.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_memalloc.h
index 36bb1a027..a46c69c72 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_memalloc.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_memalloc.h
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ eal_memalloc_mem_alloc_validator_unregister(const char *name, int socket_id);
 int
 eal_memalloc_mem_alloc_validate(int socket_id, size_t new_len);
 
+int
+eal_memalloc_get_seg_fd(int list_idx, int seg_idx);
+
+int
+eal_memalloc_set_seg_fd(int list_idx, int seg_idx, int fd);
+
 int
 eal_memalloc_init(void);
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memalloc.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memalloc.c
index 7d536350e..b820989e9 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memalloc.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memalloc.c
@@ -1334,16 +1334,10 @@ secondary_msl_create_walk(const struct rte_memseg_list *msl,
 }
 
 static int
-fd_list_create_walk(const struct rte_memseg_list *msl,
-		void *arg __rte_unused)
+alloc_list(int list_idx, int len)
 {
-	struct rte_mem_config *mcfg = rte_eal_get_configuration()->mem_config;
-	unsigned int i, len;
-	int msl_idx;
 	int *data;
-
-	msl_idx = msl - mcfg->memsegs;
-	len = msl->memseg_arr.len;
+	int i;
 
 	/* ensure we have space to store fd per each possible segment */
 	data = malloc(sizeof(int) * len);
@@ -1355,14 +1349,56 @@ fd_list_create_walk(const struct rte_memseg_list *msl,
 	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
 		data[i] = -1;
 
-	fd_list[msl_idx].fds = data;
-	fd_list[msl_idx].len = len;
-	fd_list[msl_idx].count = 0;
-	fd_list[msl_idx].memseg_list_fd = -1;
+	fd_list[list_idx].fds = data;
+	fd_list[list_idx].len = len;
+	fd_list[list_idx].count = 0;
+	fd_list[list_idx].memseg_list_fd = -1;
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+fd_list_create_walk(const struct rte_memseg_list *msl,
+		void *arg __rte_unused)
+{
+	struct rte_mem_config *mcfg = rte_eal_get_configuration()->mem_config;
+	unsigned int len;
+	int msl_idx;
+
+	msl_idx = msl - mcfg->memsegs;
+	len = msl->memseg_arr.len;
+
+	return alloc_list(msl_idx, len);
+}
+
+int
+eal_memalloc_set_seg_fd(int list_idx, int seg_idx, int fd)
+{
+	struct rte_mem_config *mcfg = rte_eal_get_configuration()->mem_config;
+
+	/* if list is not allocated, allocate it */
+	if (fd_list[list_idx].len == 0) {
+		int len = mcfg->memsegs[list_idx].memseg_arr.len;
+
+		if (alloc_list(list_idx, len) < 0)
+			return -1;
+	}
+	fd_list[list_idx].fds[seg_idx] = fd;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+eal_memalloc_get_seg_fd(int list_idx, int seg_idx)
+{
+	if (internal_config.single_file_segments)
+		return fd_list[list_idx].memseg_list_fd;
+	/* list not initialized */
+	if (fd_list[list_idx].len == 0)
+		return -1;
+	return fd_list[list_idx].fds[seg_idx];
+}
+
 int
 eal_memalloc_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c
index dfb537f59..ace14c877 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c
@@ -772,7 +772,8 @@ remap_segment(struct hugepage_file *hugepages, int seg_start, int seg_end)
 
 		rte_fbarray_set_used(arr, ms_idx);
 
-		close(fd);
+		/* store segment fd internally */
+		eal_memalloc_set_seg_fd(msl_idx, ms_idx, fd);
 	}
 	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Allocated %" PRIu64 "M on socket %i\n",
 			(seg_len * page_sz) >> 20, socket_id);
@@ -1771,6 +1772,7 @@ getFileSize(int fd)
 static int
 eal_legacy_hugepage_attach(void)
 {
+	struct rte_mem_config *mcfg = rte_eal_get_configuration()->mem_config;
 	struct hugepage_file *hp = NULL;
 	unsigned int num_hp = 0;
 	unsigned int i = 0;
@@ -1814,6 +1816,9 @@ eal_legacy_hugepage_attach(void)
 		struct hugepage_file *hf = &hp[i];
 		size_t map_sz = hf->size;
 		void *map_addr = hf->final_va;
+		int msl_idx, ms_idx;
+		struct rte_memseg_list *msl;
+		struct rte_memseg *ms;
 
 		/* if size is zero, no more pages left */
 		if (map_sz == 0)
@@ -1831,25 +1836,48 @@ eal_legacy_hugepage_attach(void)
 		if (map_addr == MAP_FAILED) {
 			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Could not map %s: %s\n",
 				hf->filepath, strerror(errno));
-			close(fd);
-			goto error;
+			goto fd_error;
 		}
 
 		/* set shared lock on the file. */
 		if (flock(fd, LOCK_SH) < 0) {
 			RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "%s(): Locking file failed: %s\n",
 				__func__, strerror(errno));
-			close(fd);
-			goto error;
+			goto fd_error;
 		}
 
-		close(fd);
+		/* find segment data */
+		msl = rte_mem_virt2memseg_list(map_addr);
+		if (msl == NULL) {
+			RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "%s(): Cannot find memseg list\n",
+				__func__);
+			goto fd_error;
+		}
+		ms = rte_mem_virt2memseg(map_addr, msl);
+		if (ms == NULL) {
+			RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "%s(): Cannot find memseg\n",
+				__func__);
+			goto fd_error;
+		}
+
+		msl_idx = msl - mcfg->memsegs;
+		ms_idx = rte_fbarray_find_idx(&msl->memseg_arr, ms);
+		if (ms_idx < 0) {
+			RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "%s(): Cannot find memseg idx\n",
+				__func__);
+			goto fd_error;
+		}
+
+		/* store segment fd internally */
+		eal_memalloc_set_seg_fd(msl_idx, ms_idx, fd);
 	}
 	/* unmap the hugepage config file, since we are done using it */
 	munmap(hp, size);
 	close(fd_hugepage);
 	return 0;
 
+fd_error:
+	close(fd);
 error:
 	/* map all segments into memory to make sure we get the addrs */
 	cur_seg = 0;
