diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
index c6a996d69c3..daec53fa132 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
@@ -3550,8 +3550,23 @@ bool os::remove_stack_guard_pages(char* addr, size_t size) {
 // may not start from the requested address. Unlike Linux mmap(), this
 // function returns null to indicate failure.
 static char* anon_mmap(char* requested_addr, size_t bytes) {
-  // MAP_FIXED is intentionally left out, to leave existing mappings intact.
-  const int flags = MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_NORESERVE | MAP_ANONYMOUS;
+  // If a requested address was given:
+  //
+  // The POSIX-conforming way is to *omit* MAP_FIXED. This will leave existing mappings intact.
+  // If the requested mapping area is blocked by a pre-existing mapping, the kernel will map
+  // somewhere else. On Linux, that alternative address appears to have no relation to the
+  // requested address.
+  // Unfortunately, this is not what we need - if we requested a specific address, we'd want
+  // to map there and nowhere else. Therefore we will unmap the block again, which means we
+  // just executed a needless mmap->munmap cycle.
+  // Since Linux 4.17, the kernel offers MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE. With this flag, if a pre-
+  // existing mapping exists, the kernel will not map at an alternative point but instead
+  // return an error. We can therefore save that unnecessary mmap-munmap cycle.
+  //
+  // Backward compatibility: Older kernels will ignore the unknown flag; so mmap will behave
+  // as in mode (a).
+  const int flags = MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_NORESERVE | MAP_ANONYMOUS |
+                    ((requested_addr != nullptr) ? MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE : 0);
 
   // Map reserved/uncommitted pages PROT_NONE so we fail early if we
   // touch an uncommitted page. Otherwise, the read/write might
@@ -4320,6 +4335,7 @@ char* os::pd_attempt_reserve_memory_at(char* requested_addr, size_t bytes, bool
 
   if (addr != nullptr) {
     // mmap() is successful but it fails to reserve at the requested address
+    log_trace(os, map)("Kernel rejected " PTR_FORMAT ", offered " PTR_FORMAT ".", p2i(requested_addr), p2i(addr));
     anon_munmap(addr, bytes);
   }
 
diff --git a/test/hotspot/gtest/runtime/test_os.cpp b/test/hotspot/gtest/runtime/test_os.cpp
index fb33cf9c4f9..42b9eaf8450 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/gtest/runtime/test_os.cpp
+++ b/test/hotspot/gtest/runtime/test_os.cpp
@@ -931,3 +931,24 @@ TEST_VM(os, open_O_CLOEXEC) {
   ::close(fd);
 #endif
 }
+
+TEST_VM(os, reserve_at_wish_address_shall_not_replace_mappings_smallpages) {
+  char* p1 = os::reserve_memory(M, false, mtTest);
+  ASSERT_NE(p1, nullptr);
+  char* p2 = os::attempt_reserve_memory_at(p1, M);
+  ASSERT_EQ(p2, nullptr); // should have failed
+  os::release_memory(p1, M);
+}
+
+TEST_VM(os, reserve_at_wish_address_shall_not_replace_mappings_largepages) {
+  if (UseLargePages && !os::can_commit_large_page_memory()) { // aka special
+    const size_t lpsz = os::large_page_size();
+    char* p1 = os::reserve_memory_aligned(lpsz, lpsz, false);
+    ASSERT_NE(p1, nullptr);
+    char* p2 = os::reserve_memory_special(lpsz, lpsz, lpsz, p1, false);
+    ASSERT_EQ(p2, nullptr); // should have failed
+    os::release_memory(p1, M);
+  } else {
+    tty->print_cr("Skipped.");
+  }
+}