diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index 2e363f06a6..59aed17828 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ static void *file_ram_alloc(RAMBlock *block,
     }
 
     page_size = qemu_fd_getpagesize(fd);
-    block->mr->align = page_size;
+    block->mr->align = MAX(page_size, QEMU_VMALLOC_ALIGN);
 
     if (memory < page_size) {
         error_setg(errp, "memory size 0x" RAM_ADDR_FMT " must be equal to "
@@ -1320,7 +1320,8 @@ static void *file_ram_alloc(RAMBlock *block,
         perror("ftruncate");
     }
 
-    area = qemu_ram_mmap(fd, memory, page_size, block->flags & RAM_SHARED);
+    area = qemu_ram_mmap(fd, memory, block->mr->align,
+                         block->flags & RAM_SHARED);
     if (area == MAP_FAILED) {
         error_setg_errno(errp, errno,
                          "unable to map backing store for guest RAM");
diff --git a/include/qemu/osdep.h b/include/qemu/osdep.h
index 268ec66958..994bfa023a 100644
--- a/include/qemu/osdep.h
+++ b/include/qemu/osdep.h
@@ -263,6 +263,19 @@ void qemu_anon_ram_free(void *ptr, size_t size);
 
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__linux__) && \
+    (defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__))
+   /* Use 2 MiB alignment so transparent hugepages can be used by KVM.
+      Valgrind does not support alignments larger than 1 MiB,
+      therefore we need special code which handles running on Valgrind. */
+#  define QEMU_VMALLOC_ALIGN (512 * 4096)
+#elif defined(__linux__) && defined(__s390x__)
+   /* Use 1 MiB (segment size) alignment so gmap can be used by KVM. */
+#  define QEMU_VMALLOC_ALIGN (256 * 4096)
+#else
+#  define QEMU_VMALLOC_ALIGN getpagesize()
+#endif
+
 int qemu_madvise(void *addr, size_t len, int advice);
 
 int qemu_open(const char *name, int flags, ...);
diff --git a/util/oslib-posix.c b/util/oslib-posix.c
index 6cc4b8f001..4adde93ac1 100644
--- a/util/oslib-posix.c
+++ b/util/oslib-posix.c
@@ -26,19 +26,6 @@
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-#if defined(__linux__) && \
-    (defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__))
-   /* Use 2 MiB alignment so transparent hugepages can be used by KVM.
-      Valgrind does not support alignments larger than 1 MiB,
-      therefore we need special code which handles running on Valgrind. */
-#  define QEMU_VMALLOC_ALIGN (512 * 4096)
-#elif defined(__linux__) && defined(__s390x__)
-   /* Use 1 MiB (segment size) alignment so gmap can be used by KVM. */
-#  define QEMU_VMALLOC_ALIGN (256 * 4096)
-#else
-#  define QEMU_VMALLOC_ALIGN getpagesize()
-#endif
-
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include <termios.h>
 #include <termios.h>