diff --git a/linux-user/elfload.c b/linux-user/elfload.c
index 861ec07abc..2aee2298ec 100644
--- a/linux-user/elfload.c
+++ b/linux-user/elfload.c
@@ -3678,8 +3678,8 @@ int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct image_info *info)
      * to mmap pages in this space.
      */
     if (info->reserve_brk) {
-        abi_ulong start_brk = HOST_PAGE_ALIGN(info->brk);
-        abi_ulong end_brk = HOST_PAGE_ALIGN(info->brk + info->reserve_brk);
+        abi_ulong start_brk = TARGET_PAGE_ALIGN(info->brk);
+        abi_ulong end_brk = TARGET_PAGE_ALIGN(info->brk + info->reserve_brk);
         target_munmap(start_brk, end_brk - start_brk);
     }
 
diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index e1436a3962..7c2c2f6e2f 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -802,81 +802,51 @@ static inline int host_to_target_sock_type(int host_type)
 }
 
 static abi_ulong target_brk, initial_target_brk;
-static abi_ulong brk_page;
 
 void target_set_brk(abi_ulong new_brk)
 {
     target_brk = TARGET_PAGE_ALIGN(new_brk);
     initial_target_brk = target_brk;
-    brk_page = HOST_PAGE_ALIGN(target_brk);
 }
 
 /* do_brk() must return target values and target errnos. */
 abi_long do_brk(abi_ulong brk_val)
 {
     abi_long mapped_addr;
-    abi_ulong new_alloc_size;
-    abi_ulong new_brk, new_host_brk_page;
+    abi_ulong new_brk;
+    abi_ulong old_brk;
 
     /* brk pointers are always untagged */
 
-    /* return old brk value if brk_val unchanged */
-    if (brk_val == target_brk) {
-        return target_brk;
-    }
-
     /* do not allow to shrink below initial brk value */
     if (brk_val < initial_target_brk) {
         return target_brk;
     }
 
     new_brk = TARGET_PAGE_ALIGN(brk_val);
-    new_host_brk_page = HOST_PAGE_ALIGN(brk_val);
+    old_brk = TARGET_PAGE_ALIGN(target_brk);
 
-    /* brk_val and old target_brk might be on the same page */
-    if (new_brk == TARGET_PAGE_ALIGN(target_brk)) {
-        /* empty remaining bytes in (possibly larger) host page */
-        memset(g2h_untagged(new_brk), 0, new_host_brk_page - new_brk);
+    /* new and old target_brk might be on the same page */
+    if (new_brk == old_brk) {
         target_brk = brk_val;
         return target_brk;
     }
 
     /* Release heap if necesary */
-    if (new_brk < target_brk) {
-        /* empty remaining bytes in (possibly larger) host page */
-        memset(g2h_untagged(new_brk), 0, new_host_brk_page - new_brk);
-
-        /* free unused host pages and set new brk_page */
-        target_munmap(new_host_brk_page, brk_page - new_host_brk_page);
-        brk_page = new_host_brk_page;
+    if (new_brk < old_brk) {
+        target_munmap(new_brk, old_brk - new_brk);
 
         target_brk = brk_val;
         return target_brk;
     }
 
-    if (new_host_brk_page > brk_page) {
-        new_alloc_size = new_host_brk_page - brk_page;
-        mapped_addr = target_mmap(brk_page, new_alloc_size,
-                                  PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
-                                  MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE | MAP_ANON | MAP_PRIVATE,
-                                  -1, 0);
-    } else {
-        new_alloc_size = 0;
-        mapped_addr = brk_page;
-    }
-
-    if (mapped_addr == brk_page) {
-        /* Heap contents are initialized to zero, as for anonymous
-         * mapped pages.  Technically the new pages are already
-         * initialized to zero since they *are* anonymous mapped
-         * pages, however we have to take care with the contents that
-         * come from the remaining part of the previous page: it may
-         * contains garbage data due to a previous heap usage (grown
-         * then shrunken).  */
-        memset(g2h_untagged(brk_page), 0, HOST_PAGE_ALIGN(brk_page) - brk_page);
+    mapped_addr = target_mmap(old_brk, new_brk - old_brk,
+                              PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+                              MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE | MAP_ANON | MAP_PRIVATE,
+                              -1, 0);
 
+    if (mapped_addr == old_brk) {
         target_brk = brk_val;
-        brk_page = new_host_brk_page;
         return target_brk;
     }
 
