diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index e33b5202..627c569d 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ static size_t task_get_pages(task_t* task, uint32_t npages)
 	if (BUILTIN_EXPECT(!npages, 0))
 		return ret;
 
+	if (BUILTIN_EXPECT(npages > total_available_pages, 0))
+		return ret;
+
 	spinlock_lock(&bitmap_lock);
 	i = alloc_start;
 next_try: