diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index 12bb839982..551acf1661 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
         if ((fp = fopen("/proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr", "r")) != NULL) {
             unsigned long tmp;
             if (fscanf(fp, "%lu", &tmp) == 1 && tmp != 0) {
-                mmap_min_addr = tmp;
+                mmap_min_addr = MAX(tmp, host_page_size);
                 qemu_log_mask(CPU_LOG_PAGE, "host mmap_min_addr=0x%lx\n",
                               mmap_min_addr);
             }