diff --git a/rts/Linker.c b/rts/Linker.c
index 8e5ffa1353d5bd5a47d79165911ffc9a06c5cc53..c40af2feb2c0a32b5c95d707cea1afb073a4274e 100644
--- a/rts/Linker.c
+++ b/rts/Linker.c
@@ -2233,10 +2233,9 @@ static StgWord getPageSize(void)
 {
     static StgWord pagesize = 0;
     if (pagesize == 0) {
-        return sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
-    } else {
-        return pagesize;
+        pagesize = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
     }
+    return pagesize;
 }
 
 static StgWord roundUpToPage (StgWord size)