diff --git a/linux-user/elfload.c b/linux-user/elfload.c
index 36e4026..1b4bb2d 100644
--- a/linux-user/elfload.c
+++ b/linux-user/elfload.c
@@ -3147,8 +3147,11 @@
     /*
      * Reserve address space for all of this.
      *
-     * In the case of ET_EXEC, we supply MAP_FIXED so that we get
-     * exactly the address range that is required.
+     * In the case of ET_EXEC, we supply MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE so that we get
+     * exactly the address range that is required.  Without reserved_va,
+     * the guest address space is not isolated.  We have attempted to avoid
+     * conflict with the host program itself via probe_guest_base, but using
+     * MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE instead of MAP_FIXED provides an extra check.
      *
      * Otherwise this is ET_DYN, and we are searching for a location
      * that can hold the memory space required.  If the image is
@@ -3160,7 +3163,7 @@
      */
     load_addr = target_mmap(loaddr, (size_t)hiaddr - loaddr + 1, PROT_NONE,
                             MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANON | MAP_NORESERVE |
-                            (ehdr->e_type == ET_EXEC ? MAP_FIXED : 0),
+                            (ehdr->e_type == ET_EXEC ? MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE : 0),
                             -1, 0);
     if (load_addr == -1) {
         goto exit_mmap;