diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index a3811be16..2c4756843 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - Getting rid of OPTS_TYPE_HASH_COPY for Ansible Vault
 - Add a tracker for salts, amplifier and iterations to status screen
 - Add option --markov-hcstat2 to make it clear that the new hcstat2 format (compressed hcstat2gen output) must be used
+- Do not allocate memory segments for bitmap tables if we dont need it, for example in benchmark mode
 
 ##
 ## Bugs
diff --git a/src/user_options.c b/src/user_options.c
index 60215d106..81f39ebd7 100644
--- a/src/user_options.c
+++ b/src/user_options.c
@@ -1237,6 +1237,8 @@ void user_options_preprocess (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
     user_options->show                = false;
     user_options->status              = false;
     user_options->status_timer        = 0;
+    user_options->bitmap_min          = 1;
+    user_options->bitmap_max          = 1;
   }
 
   if (user_options->benchmark == true)
@@ -1256,6 +1258,8 @@ void user_options_preprocess (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
     user_options->speed_only          = true;
     user_options->status              = false;
     user_options->status_timer        = 0;
+    user_options->bitmap_min          = 1;
+    user_options->bitmap_max          = 1;
 
     if (user_options->workload_profile_chgd == false)
     {