diff --git a/util/oslib-win32.c b/util/oslib-win32.c
index 01787df74c..8adc651259 100644
--- a/util/oslib-win32.c
+++ b/util/oslib-win32.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "qemu/sockets.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
+#include <malloc.h>
 
 /* this must come after including "trace.h" */
 #include <shlobj.h>
@@ -56,10 +57,8 @@ void *qemu_try_memalign(size_t alignment, size_t size)
 {
     void *ptr;
 
-    if (!size) {
-        abort();
-    }
-    ptr = VirtualAlloc(NULL, size, MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_READWRITE);
+    g_assert(size != 0);
+    ptr = _aligned_malloc(alignment, size);
     trace_qemu_memalign(alignment, size, ptr);
     return ptr;
 }
@@ -93,9 +92,7 @@ void *qemu_anon_ram_alloc(size_t size, uint64_t *align, bool shared)
 void qemu_vfree(void *ptr)
 {
     trace_qemu_vfree(ptr);
-    if (ptr) {
-        VirtualFree(ptr, 0, MEM_RELEASE);
-    }
+    _aligned_free(ptr);
 }
 
 void qemu_anon_ram_free(void *ptr, size_t size)