diff --git a/bolt/include/bolt/Core/MCPlusBuilder.h b/bolt/include/bolt/Core/MCPlusBuilder.h
--- a/bolt/include/bolt/Core/MCPlusBuilder.h
+++ b/bolt/include/bolt/Core/MCPlusBuilder.h
@@ -639,9 +639,12 @@
     return false;
   }
 
-  /// If non-zero, this is used to fill the executable space with instructions
-  /// that will trap. Defaults to 0.
-  virtual unsigned getTrapFillValue() const { return 0; }
+  /// Used to fill the executable space with instructions
+  /// that will trap.
+  virtual StringRef getTrapFillValue() const {
+    llvm_unreachable("not implemented");
+    return StringRef();
+  }
 
   /// Interface and basic functionality of a MCInstMatcher. The idea is to make
   /// it easy to match one or more MCInsts against a tree-like pattern and
diff --git a/bolt/lib/Core/BinaryEmitter.cpp b/bolt/lib/Core/BinaryEmitter.cpp
--- a/bolt/lib/Core/BinaryEmitter.cpp
+++ b/bolt/lib/Core/BinaryEmitter.cpp
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
   }
 
   if (opts::MarkFuncs)
-    Streamer.emitIntValue(BC.MIB->getTrapFillValue(), 1);
+    Streamer.emitBytes(BC.MIB->getTrapFillValue());
 
   // Emit CFI end
   if (Function.hasCFI())
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@
     // case, the call site entries in that LSDA have 0 as offset to the landing
     // pad, which the runtime interprets as "no handler". To prevent this,
     // insert some padding.
-    Streamer.emitIntValue(BC.MIB->getTrapFillValue(), 1);
+    Streamer.emitBytes(BC.MIB->getTrapFillValue());
   }
 
   // Track the first emitted instruction with debug info.
diff --git a/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp b/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp
--- a/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp
+++ b/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp
@@ -5286,8 +5286,10 @@
       if (!BF.getFileOffset() || !BF.isEmitted())
         continue;
       OS.seek(BF.getFileOffset());
-      for (unsigned I = 0; I < BF.getMaxSize(); ++I)
-        OS.write((unsigned char)BC->MIB->getTrapFillValue());
+      StringRef TrapInstr = BC->MIB->getTrapFillValue();
+      unsigned NInstr = BF.getMaxSize() / TrapInstr.size();
+      for (unsigned I = 0; I < NInstr; ++I)
+        OS.write(TrapInstr.data(), TrapInstr.size());
     }
     OS.seek(SavedPos);
   }
diff --git a/bolt/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64MCPlusBuilder.cpp b/bolt/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64MCPlusBuilder.cpp
--- a/bolt/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64MCPlusBuilder.cpp
+++ b/bolt/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64MCPlusBuilder.cpp
@@ -1134,6 +1134,10 @@
     }
   }
 
+  StringRef getTrapFillValue() const override {
+    return StringRef("\0\0\0\0", 4);
+  }
+
   bool createReturn(MCInst &Inst) const override {
     Inst.setOpcode(AArch64::RET);
     Inst.clear();
diff --git a/bolt/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVMCPlusBuilder.cpp b/bolt/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVMCPlusBuilder.cpp
--- a/bolt/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVMCPlusBuilder.cpp
+++ b/bolt/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVMCPlusBuilder.cpp
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@
     return true;
   }
 
+  StringRef getTrapFillValue() const override {
+    return StringRef("\0\0\0\0", 4);
+  }
+
   bool analyzeBranch(InstructionIterator Begin, InstructionIterator End,
                      const MCSymbol *&TBB, const MCSymbol *&FBB,
                      MCInst *&CondBranch,
diff --git a/bolt/lib/Target/X86/X86MCPlusBuilder.cpp b/bolt/lib/Target/X86/X86MCPlusBuilder.cpp
--- a/bolt/lib/Target/X86/X86MCPlusBuilder.cpp
+++ b/bolt/lib/Target/X86/X86MCPlusBuilder.cpp
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
     }
   }
 
-  unsigned getTrapFillValue() const override { return 0xCC; }
+  StringRef getTrapFillValue() const override { return StringRef("\314", 1); }
 
   struct IndJmpMatcherFrag1 : MCInstMatcher {
     std::unique_ptr<MCInstMatcher> Base;