diff --git a/velox/functions/prestosql/benchmarks/JsonExprBenchmark.cpp b/velox/functions/prestosql/benchmarks/JsonExprBenchmark.cpp
index 3c18a0797d0a..287ca4770f75 100644
--- a/velox/functions/prestosql/benchmarks/JsonExprBenchmark.cpp
+++ b/velox/functions/prestosql/benchmarks/JsonExprBenchmark.cpp
@@ -475,6 +475,9 @@ BENCHMARK_DRAW_LINE();
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   folly::Init init{&argc, &argv};
+
+  facebook::velox::memory::MemoryManager::initialize({});
+
   folly::runBenchmarks();
   return 0;
 }