diff --git a/Common/Thread/ThreadPool.cpp b/Common/Thread/ThreadPool.cpp
index 01d6220b67..2624252a25 100644
--- a/Common/Thread/ThreadPool.cpp
+++ b/Common/Thread/ThreadPool.cpp
@@ -133,3 +133,10 @@ void ThreadPool::ParallelMemcpy(void *dest, const void *src, int size) {
 		memmove((uint8_t *)dest + l, (const uint8_t *)src + l, h - l);
 	}, 0, size, MIN_SIZE);
 }
+
+void ThreadPool::ParallelMemset(void *dest, uint8_t val, int size) {
+	static const int MIN_SIZE = 128 * 1024;
+	ParallelLoop([&](int l, int h) {
+		memset((uint8_t *)dest + l, val, h - l);
+	}, 0, size, MIN_SIZE);
+}
diff --git a/Common/Thread/ThreadPool.h b/Common/Thread/ThreadPool.h
index a410c2964d..ceac3c39c6 100644
--- a/Common/Thread/ThreadPool.h
+++ b/Common/Thread/ThreadPool.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public:
 
 	void ParallelLoop(const std::function<void(int,int)> &loop, int lower, int upper, int minSize);
 	void ParallelMemcpy(void *dest, const void *src, int sz);
+	void ParallelMemset(void *dest, uint8_t val, int sz);
 
 private:
 	int numThreads_;
diff --git a/Core/HLE/sceKernelMemory.cpp b/Core/HLE/sceKernelMemory.cpp
index fa8a80b61f..634eb43f58 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/sceKernelMemory.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/sceKernelMemory.cpp
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@
 #include "Core/Debugger/MemBlockInfo.h"
 #include "Core/HLE/HLE.h"
 #include "Core/HLE/FunctionWrappers.h"
-#include "Core/System.h"
 #include "Core/MIPS/MIPS.h"
 #include "Core/MemMapHelpers.h"
 #include "Core/Reporting.h"
+#include "Core/System.h"
+#include "Core/ThreadPools.h"
 #include "Common/Serialize/Serializer.h"
 #include "Common/Serialize/SerializeFuncs.h"
 #include "Common/Serialize/SerializeMap.h"
@@ -430,8 +431,8 @@ void __KernelMemoryInit()
 	MemBlockInfoInit();
 	kernelMemory.Init(PSP_GetKernelMemoryBase(), PSP_GetKernelMemoryEnd() - PSP_GetKernelMemoryBase(), false);
 	userMemory.Init(PSP_GetUserMemoryBase(), PSP_GetUserMemoryEnd() - PSP_GetUserMemoryBase(), false);
-	Memory::Memset(PSP_GetKernelMemoryBase(), 0, PSP_GetKernelMemoryEnd() - PSP_GetKernelMemoryBase(), "MemInit");
-	Memory::Memset(PSP_GetUserMemoryBase(), 0, PSP_GetUserMemoryEnd() - PSP_GetUserMemoryBase(), "MemInit");
+	GlobalThreadPool::Memset(Memory::GetPointer(PSP_GetKernelMemoryBase()), 0, PSP_GetUserMemoryEnd() - PSP_GetKernelMemoryBase());
+	NotifyMemInfo(MemBlockFlags::WRITE, PSP_GetKernelMemoryBase(), PSP_GetUserMemoryEnd() - PSP_GetKernelMemoryBase(), "MemInit");
 	INFO_LOG(SCEKERNEL, "Kernel and user memory pools initialized");
 
 	vplWaitTimer = CoreTiming::RegisterEvent("VplTimeout", __KernelVplTimeout);
diff --git a/Core/MemMap.cpp b/Core/MemMap.cpp
index e12cb8af39..1dda153cb3 100644
--- a/Core/MemMap.cpp
+++ b/Core/MemMap.cpp
@@ -391,15 +391,6 @@ void Shutdown() {
 	DEBUG_LOG(MEMMAP, "Memory system shut down.");
 }
 
-void Clear() {
-	if (m_pPhysicalRAM)
-		memset(GetPointerUnchecked(PSP_GetKernelMemoryBase()), 0, g_MemorySize);
-	if (m_pPhysicalScratchPad)
-		memset(m_pPhysicalScratchPad, 0, SCRATCHPAD_SIZE);
-	if (m_pPhysicalVRAM1)
-		memset(m_pPhysicalVRAM1, 0, VRAM_SIZE);
-}
-
 bool IsActive() {
 	return base != nullptr;
 }
diff --git a/Core/ThreadPools.cpp b/Core/ThreadPools.cpp
index 0159392328..e4eb7b5b9d 100644
--- a/Core/ThreadPools.cpp
+++ b/Core/ThreadPools.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ void GlobalThreadPool::Memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, int size) {
 	pool->ParallelMemcpy(dest, src, size);
 }
 
+void GlobalThreadPool::Memset(void *dest, uint8_t val, int size) {
+	std::call_once(init_flag, Inititialize);
+	pool->ParallelMemset(dest, val, size);
+}
+
 void GlobalThreadPool::Inititialize() {
 	pool = make_unique<ThreadPool>(g_Config.iNumWorkerThreads);
 }
diff --git a/Core/ThreadPools.h b/Core/ThreadPools.h
index 6912996435..86af0afdad 100644
--- a/Core/ThreadPools.h
+++ b/Core/ThreadPools.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ public:
 	// in parallel on the global thread pool
 	static void Loop(const std::function<void(int,int)>& loop, int lower, int upper, int minSize = -1);
 	static void Memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, int size);
+	static void Memset(void *dest, uint8_t val, int size);
 
 private:
 	static std::unique_ptr<ThreadPool> pool;