diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_keepalives.c b/bgpd/bgp_keepalives.c
index b39a7daa1d..0e83157ecd 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_keepalives.c
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_keepalives.c
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
 #include "bgpd/bgp_keepalives.h"
 /* clang-format on */
 
+DEFINE_MTYPE_STATIC(BGPD, BGP_PKAT, "Peer KeepAlive Timer");
+DEFINE_MTYPE_STATIC(BGPD, BGP_COND, "BGP Peer pthread Conditional");
+DEFINE_MTYPE_STATIC(BGPD, BGP_MUTEX, "BGP Peer pthread Mutex");
+
 /*
  * Peer KeepAlive Timer.
  * Associates a peer with the time of its last keepalive.
@@ -54,7 +58,7 @@ static struct hash *peerhash;
 
 static struct pkat *pkat_new(struct peer *peer)
 {
-	struct pkat *pkat = XMALLOC(MTYPE_TMP, sizeof(struct pkat));
+	struct pkat *pkat = XMALLOC(MTYPE_BGP_PKAT, sizeof(struct pkat));
 	pkat->peer = peer;
 	monotime(&pkat->last);
 	return pkat;
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ static struct pkat *pkat_new(struct peer *peer)
 
 static void pkat_del(void *pkat)
 {
-	XFREE(MTYPE_TMP, pkat);
+	XFREE(MTYPE_BGP_PKAT, pkat);
 }
 
 
@@ -158,8 +162,8 @@ static void bgp_keepalives_finish(void *arg)
 	pthread_mutex_destroy(peerhash_mtx);
 	pthread_cond_destroy(peerhash_cond);
 
-	XFREE(MTYPE_TMP, peerhash_mtx);
-	XFREE(MTYPE_TMP, peerhash_cond);
+	XFREE(MTYPE_BGP_MUTEX, peerhash_mtx);
+	XFREE(MTYPE_BGP_COND, peerhash_cond);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -184,8 +188,8 @@ void *bgp_keepalives_start(void *arg)
 	 */
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	peerhash_mtx = XCALLOC(MTYPE_TMP, sizeof(pthread_mutex_t));
-	peerhash_cond = XCALLOC(MTYPE_TMP, sizeof(pthread_cond_t));
+	peerhash_mtx = XCALLOC(MTYPE_BGP_MUTEX, sizeof(pthread_mutex_t));
+	peerhash_cond = XCALLOC(MTYPE_BGP_COND, sizeof(pthread_cond_t));
 
 	/* initialize mutex */
 	pthread_mutex_init(peerhash_mtx, NULL);