diff --git a/src/common/host_memory.cpp b/src/common/host_memory.cpp
index fa30b2c047..d1a66d313f 100644
--- a/src/common/host_memory.cpp
+++ b/src/common/host_memory.cpp
@@ -399,6 +399,10 @@ private:
 // For managarm: see https://github.com/managarm/managarm/issues/1370
 #else // ^^^ Windows ^^^ vvv POSIX vvv
 
+#ifndef MAP_NOCORE
+#define MAP_NOCORE 0
+#endif
+
 #ifdef ARCHITECTURE_arm64
 
 static void* ChooseVirtualBase(size_t virtual_size) {
@@ -423,7 +427,7 @@ static void* ChooseVirtualBase(size_t virtual_size) {
         // Note: we may be able to take advantage of MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE here.
         void* map_pointer =
             mmap(reinterpret_cast<void*>(hint_address), virtual_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
-                 MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_NORESERVE, -1, 0);
+                 MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_NORESERVE | MAP_NOCORE, -1, 0);
 
         // If we successfully mapped, we're done.
         if (reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(map_pointer) == hint_address) {
@@ -443,11 +447,11 @@ static void* ChooseVirtualBase(size_t virtual_size) {
 
 static void* ChooseVirtualBase(size_t virtual_size) {
 #if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__sun__) || defined(__HAIKU__) || defined(__managarm__) || defined(__AIX__)
-    void* virtual_base = mmap(nullptr, virtual_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_NORESERVE | MAP_ALIGNED_SUPER, -1, 0);
+    void* virtual_base = mmap(nullptr, virtual_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_NORESERVE | MAP_ALIGNED_SUPER | MAP_NOCORE, -1, 0);
     if (virtual_base != MAP_FAILED)
         return virtual_base;
 #endif
-    return mmap(nullptr, virtual_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_NORESERVE, -1, 0);
+    return mmap(nullptr, virtual_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_NORESERVE | MAP_NOCORE, -1, 0);
 }
 
 #endif
@@ -541,13 +545,13 @@ public:
         }
         if (use_anon) {
             LOG_WARNING(Common_Memory, "Using private mappings instead of shared ones");
-            backing_base = static_cast<u8*>(mmap(nullptr, backing_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0));
+            backing_base = static_cast<u8*>(mmap(nullptr, backing_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_NOCORE, -1, 0));
             if (fd > 0) {
                 fd = -1;
                 close(fd);
             }
         } else {
-            backing_base = static_cast<u8*>(mmap(nullptr, backing_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0));
+            backing_base = static_cast<u8*>(mmap(nullptr, backing_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED | MAP_NOCORE, fd, 0));
         }
         if (backing_base == MAP_FAILED) {
             LOG_CRITICAL(HW_Memory, "mmap failed: {}", strerror(errno));