diff --git a/src/alloc/mod.rs b/src/alloc/mod.rs
index 77dd6cd..d161f96 100644
--- a/src/alloc/mod.rs
+++ b/src/alloc/mod.rs
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ use getrandom::getrandom;
 
 const GARBAGE_VALUE: u8 = 0xd0;
 const CANARY_SIZE: usize = 16;
-static ALLOC_INIT: Once = Once::new();
-static mut PAGE_SIZE: usize = 0;
+pub(crate) static ALLOC_INIT: Once = Once::new();
+pub(crate) static mut PAGE_SIZE: usize = 0;
 static mut PAGE_MASK: usize = 0;
 static mut CANARY: [u8; CANARY_SIZE] = [0; CANARY_SIZE];
 
 // -- alloc init --
 
 #[inline]
-unsafe fn alloc_init() {
+pub(crate) unsafe fn alloc_init() {
     #[cfg(unix)]
     {
         PAGE_SIZE = libc::sysconf(libc::_SC_PAGESIZE) as usize;
diff --git a/src/mlock.rs b/src/mlock.rs
index f85d171..bb7c6db 100644
--- a/src/mlock.rs
+++ b/src/mlock.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 #![cfg(feature = "use_os")]
 
+use crate::alloc::{alloc_init, ALLOC_INIT, PAGE_SIZE};
+
+unsafe fn page_size() -> usize {
+    ALLOC_INIT.call_once(|| alloc_init());
+
+    PAGE_SIZE
+}
+
 /// Cross-platform `mlock`.
 ///
 /// * Unix `mlock`.
@@ -9,13 +17,27 @@
 pub unsafe fn mlock(addr: *mut u8, len: usize) -> bool {
     #[cfg(unix)]
     {
+        let page_size = page_size();
+
+        let (start_addr, end_addr) = get_page_aligned_addrs(addr, len, page_size);
+
+        let aligned_len = end_addr - start_addr;
+
         #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-        libc::madvise(addr as *mut libc::c_void, len, libc::MADV_DONTDUMP);
+        libc::madvise(
+            start_addr as *mut libc::c_void,
+            aligned_len,
+            libc::MADV_DONTDUMP,
+        );
 
         #[cfg(any(target_os = "freebsd", target_os = "dragonfly"))]
-        libc::madvise(addr as *mut libc::c_void, len, libc::MADV_NOCORE);
+        libc::madvise(
+            start_addr as *mut libc::c_void,
+            aligned_len,
+            libc::MADV_NOCORE,
+        );
 
-        libc::mlock(addr as *mut libc::c_void, len) == 0
+        libc::mlock(start_addr as *mut libc::c_void, aligned_len) == 0
     }
 
     #[cfg(windows)]
@@ -33,13 +55,27 @@ pub unsafe fn munlock(addr: *mut u8, len: usize) -> bool {
 
     #[cfg(unix)]
     {
+        let page_size = page_size();
+
+        let (start_addr, end_addr) = get_page_aligned_addrs(addr, len, page_size);
+
+        let aligned_len = end_addr - start_addr;
+
         #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-        libc::madvise(addr as *mut libc::c_void, len, libc::MADV_DODUMP);
+        libc::madvise(
+            start_addr as *mut libc::c_void,
+            aligned_len,
+            libc::MADV_DODUMP,
+        );
 
         #[cfg(any(target_os = "freebsd", target_os = "dragonfly"))]
-        libc::madvise(addr as *mut libc::c_void, len, libc::MADV_CORE);
+        libc::madvise(
+            start_addr as *mut libc::c_void,
+            aligned_len,
+            libc::MADV_CORE,
+        );
 
-        libc::munlock(addr as *mut libc::c_void, len) == 0
+        libc::munlock(start_addr as *mut libc::c_void, aligned_len) == 0
     }
 
     #[cfg(windows)]
@@ -47,3 +83,59 @@ pub unsafe fn munlock(addr: *mut u8, len: usize) -> bool {
         windows_sys::Win32::System::Memory::VirtualUnlock(addr.cast(), len) != 0
     }
 }
+
+unsafe fn get_page_aligned_addrs(addr: *mut u8, len: usize, ps: usize) -> (usize, usize) {
+    // start address of the page obtained from masked the value of the page size
+    // with the memory address
+    //
+    let start_addr = (addr as usize) & !(ps - 1);
+
+    // nearest end address of the overlapping page
+    let end_addr = ((addr as usize) + len + ps - 1) & !(ps - 1);
+    (start_addr, end_addr)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+
+  #[test]
+    fn test_get_page_aligned_addrs_exact_page_boundary() {
+        let addr = 0x1000 as *mut u8;
+        let len = 0x1000; // 4KB
+        let page_size = 0x1000; // 4KB page size
+
+        unsafe {
+            let (start_addr, end_addr) = get_page_aligned_addrs(addr, len, page_size);
+            assert_eq!(start_addr, 0x1000);
+            assert_eq!(end_addr, 0x2000);
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_get_page_aligned_addrs_with_offset() {
+        let addr = 0x1234 as *mut u8;
+        let len = 0x1000; // 4KB
+        let test_page_size = 0x1000; // 4KB page size
+
+        unsafe {
+            let (start_addr, end_addr) = get_page_aligned_addrs(addr, len, test_page_size);
+            assert_eq!(start_addr, 0x1000);
+            assert_eq!(end_addr, 0x3000);
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_get_page_aligned_addrs_small_length() {
+        let addr = 0x2000 as *mut u8;
+        let len = 0x100; // 256 bytes
+        let page_size = 0x1000; // 4KB page size
+
+        unsafe {
+            let (start_addr, end_addr) = get_page_aligned_addrs(addr, len, page_size);
+            assert_eq!(start_addr, 0x2000);
+            assert_eq!(end_addr, 0x3000);
+        }
+    }
+}