diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getpagesize.c b/lib/libc/gen/getpagesize.c
index a891bb2c316..cbb39927b65 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/getpagesize.c
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/getpagesize.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ getpagesize(void)
 	mib[1] = HW_PAGESIZE;
 	size = sizeof value;
 	if (sysctl(mib, nitems(mib), &value, &size, NULL, 0) == -1)
-		return (-1);
+		return (PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	return (value);
 }