diff --git a/autotest.sh b/autotest.sh
index 413abc8f8..184e0e4f3 100755
--- a/autotest.sh
+++ b/autotest.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ fi
 
 # set up huge pages
 timing_enter afterboot
-./scripts/configure_hugepages.sh 3072
+./scripts/configure_hugepages.sh 1024
 timing_exit afterboot
 
 ./scripts/unbind_nvme.sh
diff --git a/scripts/configure_hugepages.sh b/scripts/configure_hugepages.sh
index 84ca1bc8d..0907d8e5c 100755
--- a/scripts/configure_hugepages.sh
+++ b/scripts/configure_hugepages.sh
@@ -8,22 +8,22 @@ function configure_linux {
 		mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/huge
 	fi
 
-	if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
-		NRHUGE=1024
-	else
-		NRHUGE="$1"
-	fi
-
 	echo $NRHUGE > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
 }
 
 function configure_freebsd {
 	kldunload contigmem.ko || true
-	kenv hw.contigmem.num_buffers=16
-	kenv hw.contigmem.buffer_size=33554432
+	kenv hw.contigmem.num_buffers=$((NRHUGE * 2 / 32))
+	kenv hw.contigmem.buffer_size=$((32 * 1024 * 1024))
 	kldload contigmem.ko
 }
 
+if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
+	NRHUGE=1024
+else
+	NRHUGE="$1"
+fi
+
 if [ `uname` = Linux ]; then
 	configure_linux
 else