diff --git a/src/linux/brk.c b/src/linux/brk.c
index 9f63c5a8..d91ee5a9 100644
--- a/src/linux/brk.c
+++ b/src/linux/brk.c
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 int brk(void *end)
 {
-	return -(syscall(SYS_brk, end) == -1);
+	return -(syscall(SYS_brk, end) != (unsigned long)end);
 }
diff --git a/src/linux/sbrk.c b/src/linux/sbrk.c
index b2943a92..5fab74be 100644
--- a/src/linux/sbrk.c
+++ b/src/linux/sbrk.c
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@
 
 void *sbrk(ptrdiff_t inc)
 {
-	return (void *)syscall(SYS_brk, syscall(SYS_brk, 0)+inc);
+	unsigned long cur = syscall(SYS_brk, 0);
+	if (inc && syscall(SYS_brk, cur+inc) != cur+inc) return (void *)-1;
+	return (void *)cur;
 }