diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/linux.cpp b/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/linux.cpp
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/linux.cpp
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/linux.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #if SCUDO_LINUX
 
+#include "atomic_helpers.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "linux.h"
 #include "mutex.h"
@@ -89,9 +90,38 @@
     dieOnMapUnmapError();
 }
 
+static bool madviseNeedsMemset() {
+  uptr Size = getPageSize();
+  char *P = (char *)mmap(0, Size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+                         MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+  if (!P)
+    dieOnMapUnmapError(errno == ENOMEM);
+  *P = -1;
+  while (madvise(P, Size, MADV_DONTNEED) == -1 && errno == EAGAIN) {
+  }
+  bool R = (*P != 0);
+  if (munmap(P, Size) != 0)
+    dieOnMapUnmapError();
+  return R;
+}
+
+static bool madviseNeedsMemsetCached() {
+  static atomic_u8 Cache;
+  u8 NeedsMemset = atomic_load_relaxed(&Cache);
+  if (!NeedsMemset) {
+    NeedsMemset = madviseNeedsMemset() ? 1 : 2;
+    atomic_store_relaxed(&Cache, NeedsMemset);
+  }
+  return NeedsMemset == 1;
+}
+
 void releasePagesToOS(uptr BaseAddress, uptr Offset, uptr Size,
                       UNUSED MapPlatformData *Data) {
   void *Addr = reinterpret_cast<void *>(BaseAddress + Offset);
+  if (madviseNeedsMemsetCached()) {
+    // Workaround for QEMU-user ignoring MADV_DONTNEED.
+    memset(Addr, 0, Size);
+  }
   while (madvise(Addr, Size, MADV_DONTNEED) == -1 && errno == EAGAIN) {
   }
 }