diff --git a/msgq_repo b/msgq_repo
index a16cf1f60..92999f6bc 160000
--- a/msgq_repo
+++ b/msgq_repo
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a16cf1f608538d14f66bd6142230d8728f2d0abc
+Subproject commit 92999f6bc19c16170ff984473b43c799162faca1
diff --git a/selfdrive/test/test_onroad.py b/selfdrive/test/test_onroad.py
index b9506d080..972f09be3 100644
--- a/selfdrive/test/test_onroad.py
+++ b/selfdrive/test/test_onroad.py
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ class TestOnroad:
     params.put_bool("RecordFront", True)
     set_params_enabled()
     os.environ['REPLAY'] = '1'
+    os.environ['MSGQ_PREALLOC'] = '1'
     os.environ['TESTING_CLOSET'] = '1'
     if os.path.exists(Paths.log_root()):
       shutil.rmtree(Paths.log_root())
@@ -283,11 +284,12 @@ class TestOnroad:
     print("------------------------------------------------")
     offset = int(SERVICE_LIST['deviceState'].frequency * LOG_OFFSET)
     mems = [m.deviceState.memoryUsagePercent for m in self.msgs['deviceState'][offset:]]
-    print("Memory usage: ", mems)
+    print("Overall memory usage: ", mems)
+    print("MSGQ (/dev/shm/) usage: ", subprocess.check_output(["du", "-hs", "/dev/shm"]).split()[0].decode())
 
     # check for big leaks. note that memory usage is
     # expected to go up while the MSGQ buffers fill up
-    assert np.average(mems) <= 85, "Average memory usage above 85%"
+    assert np.average(mems) <= 82, "Average memory usage above 85%"
     assert np.max(np.diff(mems)) <= 4, "Max memory increase too high"
     assert np.average(np.diff(mems)) <= 1, "Average memory increase too high"