diff --git a/arch_init.c b/arch_init.c
index b75a4c55807a3adf3a26ba380c9ad145af4ad259..83dcc53ff5ef13c9755aedc6498c1219b947668b 100644
--- a/arch_init.c
+++ b/arch_init.c
@@ -840,7 +840,8 @@ static int ram_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
             memset(host, ch, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
 #ifndef _WIN32
             if (ch == 0 &&
-                (!kvm_enabled() || kvm_has_sync_mmu())) {
+                (!kvm_enabled() || kvm_has_sync_mmu()) &&
+                getpagesize() <= TARGET_PAGE_SIZE) {
                 qemu_madvise(host, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, QEMU_MADV_DONTNEED);
             }
 #endif