diff --git a/src/libsodium/sodium/utils.c b/src/libsodium/sodium/utils.c
index 8886a9b8..9d927eb1 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/sodium/utils.c
+++ b/src/libsodium/sodium/utils.c
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ sodium_free(void *ptr)
         return;
     }
     canary_ptr = ((unsigned char *) ptr) - sizeof canary;
+    sodium_mprotect_readwrite(ptr);
     if (sodium_memcmp(canary_ptr, canary, sizeof canary) != 0) {
         _out_of_bounds();
     }
@@ -436,7 +437,6 @@ sodium_free(void *ptr)
     base_ptr = unprotected_ptr - page_size * 2U;
     memcpy(&unprotected_size, base_ptr, sizeof unprotected_size);
     total_size = page_size + page_size + unprotected_size + page_size;
-    _mprotect_readwrite(base_ptr, total_size);
 #ifndef HAVE_PAGE_PROTECTION
     if (sodium_memcmp(unprotected_ptr + unprotected_size,
                       canary, sizeof canary) != 0) {
diff --git a/test/default/sodium_utils2.c b/test/default/sodium_utils2.c
index 78c6f45e..502e322e 100644
--- a/test/default/sodium_utils2.c
+++ b/test/default/sodium_utils2.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ int main(void)
         buf = sodium_malloc(size);
         assert(buf != NULL);
         memset(buf, i, size);
-        sodium_mprotect_readonly(buf);
+        sodium_mprotect_noaccess(buf);
         sodium_free(buf);
     }
     printf("OK\n");