diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2a11522a99..ea0c48f850 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-06-19  Will Newton  <will.newton@linaro.org>
+
+	* malloc/malloc.c (systrim): If extra is zero then return
+	early.
+
 2014-06-19  Siddhesh Poyarekar  <siddhesh@redhat.com>
 
 	* benchtests/Makefile ($(objpfx)bench-%.c): Remove $(.).
diff --git a/malloc/malloc.c b/malloc/malloc.c
index d8fd8b49e4..41fd76a29e 100644
--- a/malloc/malloc.c
+++ b/malloc/malloc.c
@@ -2749,6 +2749,9 @@ systrim (size_t pad, mstate av)
   /* Release in pagesize units, keeping at least one page */
   extra = (top_area - pad) & ~(pagesz - 1);
 
+  if (extra == 0)
+    return 0;
+
   /*
      Only proceed if end of memory is where we last set it.
      This avoids problems if there were foreign sbrk calls.