diff --git a/src/header/stdlib/mod.rs b/src/header/stdlib/mod.rs
index 774f5cd61f..7bedfd9ca0 100644
--- a/src/header/stdlib/mod.rs
+++ b/src/header/stdlib/mod.rs
@@ -147,9 +147,12 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn aligned_alloc(alignment: size_t, size: size_t) -> *mut
         platform::ERRNO.set(EINVAL);
         return ptr::null_mut();
     }
-    let mut pointer = ptr::null_mut();
-    unsafe { posix_memalign(ptr::from_mut(&mut pointer), alignment, size) };
-    pointer
+    /* The size-is-multiple-of-alignment requirement is the only
+     * difference between aligned_alloc() and memalign(). */
+    #[allow(deprecated)]
+    unsafe {
+        memalign(alignment, size)
+    }
 }
 
 /// See <https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/at_quick_exit.html>.