diff --git a/userspace/libraries/LibC/unistd.cpp b/userspace/libraries/LibC/unistd.cpp
index 69ade0ba..89dc4d5c 100644
--- a/userspace/libraries/LibC/unistd.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libraries/LibC/unistd.cpp
@@ -676,7 +676,9 @@ int chroot(const char* path)
 
 int getpagesize(void)
 {
-	static int auxv_page_size = getauxval(AT_PAGESZ);
+	static int auxv_page_size = -1;
+	if (auxv_page_size == -1)
+		auxv_page_size = getauxval(AT_PAGESZ);
 	if (auxv_page_size)
 		return auxv_page_size;
 	return PAGE_SIZE;