diff --git a/osdep.c b/osdep.c
index 8ff260ab98..30a1263f06 100644
--- a/osdep.c
+++ b/osdep.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ void *qemu_vmalloc(size_t size)
 #ifdef _BSD
     return valloc(size);
 #else
-    return memalign(4096, size);
+    return memalign(qemu_getpagesize(), size);
 #endif
 }