diff --git a/ext/opcache/shared_alloc_mmap.c b/ext/opcache/shared_alloc_mmap.c
index 6e4ed511e6f..92d089bb96c 100644
--- a/ext/opcache/shared_alloc_mmap.c
+++ b/ext/opcache/shared_alloc_mmap.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 static void *find_prefered_mmap_base(size_t requested_size)
 {
 	size_t huge_page_size = 2 * 1024 * 1024;
-	uintptr_t last_free_addr = 0;
+	uintptr_t last_free_addr = huge_page_size;
 	uintptr_t last_candidate = (uintptr_t)MAP_FAILED;
 	uintptr_t start, end, text_start = 0;
 #if defined(__linux__)