diff --git a/linux-user/elfload.c b/linux-user/elfload.c
index 5da8c02d08..767f54c76d 100644
--- a/linux-user/elfload.c
+++ b/linux-user/elfload.c
@@ -3254,9 +3254,13 @@ int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct image_info *info)
      * Otherwise, allocate a private page to hold them.
      */
     if (TARGET_ARCH_HAS_SIGTRAMP_PAGE) {
-        abi_ulong tramp_page = target_mmap(0, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE,
-                                           PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
-                                           MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANON, -1, 0);
+        abi_long tramp_page = target_mmap(0, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE,
+                                          PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+                                          MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANON, -1, 0);
+        if (tramp_page == -1) {
+            return -errno;
+        }
+
         setup_sigtramp(tramp_page);
         target_mprotect(tramp_page, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_EXEC);
     }