diff --git a/runtime/oti/j9port.h b/runtime/oti/j9port.h
index 2cc78bc8c2e..c6a5b29ced7 100644
--- a/runtime/oti/j9port.h
+++ b/runtime/oti/j9port.h
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ typedef struct J9CacheInfoQuery {
 #define J9PORT_CTLDATA_TRACE_STOP OMRPORT_CTLDATA_TRACE_STOP
 #define J9PORT_CTLDATA_VMEM_NUMA_IN_USE OMRPORT_CTLDATA_VMEM_NUMA_IN_USE
 #define J9PORT_CTLDATA_VMEM_NUMA_ENABLE OMRPORT_CTLDATA_VMEM_NUMA_ENABLE
+#define J9PORT_CTLDATA_VMEM_NUMA_INTERLEAVE_MEM OMRPORT_CTLDATA_VMEM_NUMA_INTERLEAVE_MEM
 #define J9PORT_CTLDATA_SYSLOG_OPEN OMRPORT_CTLDATA_SYSLOG_OPEN
 #define J9PORT_CTLDATA_SYSLOG_CLOSE OMRPORT_CTLDATA_SYSLOG_CLOSE
 #define J9PORT_CTLDATA_NOIPT OMRPORT_CTLDATA_NOIPT
diff --git a/runtime/vm/jvminit.c b/runtime/vm/jvminit.c
index f6d4836933d..86d0efbf689 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/jvminit.c
+++ b/runtime/vm/jvminit.c
@@ -1528,8 +1528,7 @@ processMemoryInterleaveOptions(J9JavaVM * vm) {
 			enabled = TRUE;
 		}
 	}
-	j9port_control(J9PORT_CTLDATA_VMEM_NUMA_ENABLE, enabled? 1 : 0);
-	omrthread_numa_set_enabled(enabled);
+	j9port_control(J9PORT_CTLDATA_VMEM_NUMA_INTERLEAVE_MEM, enabled? 1 : 0);
 }
 
 static VMINLINE  void