diff --git a/malloc.c b/malloc.c
index 2d7b20c..46fa3a7 100644
--- a/malloc.c
+++ b/malloc.c
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ EXPORT void *h_realloc(void *old, size_t size) {
             regions_delete(region);
             pthread_mutex_unlock(&regions_lock);
 
-            if (mremap(old, PAGE_CEILING(old_size), PAGE_CEILING(size), MREMAP_MAYMOVE|MREMAP_FIXED, new) == MAP_FAILED) {
+            if (memory_remap_fixed(old, old_size, new, size)) {
                 memcpy(new, old, copy_size);
                 deallocate_pages(old, old_size, old_guard_size);
             } else {
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ EXPORT int h_malloc_trim(size_t pad) {
     for (unsigned i = 0; i < N_SIZE_CLASSES; i++) {
         struct size_class *c = &size_class_metadata[i];
         pthread_mutex_lock(&c->mutex);
-        // TODO: purge and mprotect all free slabs
+        // TODO: purge and memory protect all free slabs
         pthread_mutex_unlock(&c->mutex);
     }
 
diff --git a/memory.c b/memory.c
index 6812d1f..26df14a 100644
--- a/memory.c
+++ b/memory.c
@@ -31,3 +31,14 @@ int memory_protect(void *ptr, size_t size, int prot) {
     }
     return ret;
 }
+
+int memory_remap_fixed(void *old, size_t old_size, void *new, size_t new_size) {
+    void *ptr = mremap(old, old_size, new_size, MREMAP_MAYMOVE|MREMAP_FIXED, new);
+    if (unlikely(ptr == MAP_FAILED)) {
+        if (errno != ENOMEM) {
+            fatal_error("non-ENOMEM mremap failure");
+        }
+        return 1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/memory.h b/memory.h
index 80fb7db..adc5cba 100644
--- a/memory.h
+++ b/memory.h
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
 void *memory_map(size_t size);
 int memory_unmap(void *ptr, size_t size);
 int memory_protect(void *ptr, size_t size, int prot);
+int memory_remap_fixed(void *old, size_t old_size, void *new, size_t new_size);
 
 #endif