diff --git a/Kernel/MemoryManager.cpp b/Kernel/MemoryManager.cpp
index 65e8550870..9db21961d3 100644
--- a/Kernel/MemoryManager.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/MemoryManager.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ void MemoryManager::release_page_directory(PageDirectory& page_directory)
 #ifdef SCRUB_DEALLOCATED_PAGE_TABLES
     memset(&page_directory, 0xc9, sizeof(PageDirectory));
 #endif
+
+    kfree_aligned(&page_directory);
 }
 
 void MemoryManager::initialize_paging()
diff --git a/Kernel/ProcFileSystem.cpp b/Kernel/ProcFileSystem.cpp
index 75c2c6c048..8a5170b526 100644
--- a/Kernel/ProcFileSystem.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/ProcFileSystem.cpp
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ ByteBuffer procfs$kmalloc()
 {
     auto buffer = ByteBuffer::create_uninitialized(256);
     char* ptr = (char*)buffer.pointer();
-    ptr += ksprintf(ptr, "eternal:      %u\npage-aligned: %u\nallocated:    %u\nfree:         %u\n", kmalloc_sum_eternal, sum_alloc, sum_free);
+    ptr += ksprintf(ptr, "eternal:      %u\nallocated:    %u\nfree:         %u\n", kmalloc_sum_eternal, sum_alloc, sum_free);
     buffer.trim(ptr - (char*)buffer.pointer());
     return buffer;
 }
diff --git a/Kernel/init.cpp b/Kernel/init.cpp
index 1607abc7a5..96b8d7f407 100644
--- a/Kernel/init.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/init.cpp
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ static void spawn_stress()
 
     for (unsigned i = 0; i < 10000; ++i) {
         int error;
-        Process::create_user_process("/bin/id", (uid_t)100, (gid_t)100, (pid_t)0, error, Vector<String>(), Vector<String>(), tty0);
-        kprintf("malloc stats: alloc:%u free:%u page_aligned:%u eternal:%u\n", sum_alloc, sum_free, kmalloc_page_aligned, kmalloc_sum_eternal);
+        Process::create_user_process("/bin/true", (uid_t)100, (gid_t)100, (pid_t)0, error, Vector<String>(), Vector<String>(), tty0);
+        kprintf("malloc stats: alloc:%u free:%u eternal:%u ", sum_alloc, sum_free, kmalloc_sum_eternal);
         kprintf("delta:%u\n", sum_alloc - lastAlloc);
         lastAlloc = sum_alloc;
         sleep(60);
diff --git a/Kernel/kmalloc.cpp b/Kernel/kmalloc.cpp
index 09508bc75e..aae3536720 100644
--- a/Kernel/kmalloc.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/kmalloc.cpp
@@ -32,20 +32,14 @@ static byte alloc_map[POOL_SIZE / CHUNK_SIZE / 8];
 volatile size_t sum_alloc = 0;
 volatile size_t sum_free = POOL_SIZE;
 volatile size_t kmalloc_sum_eternal = 0;
-volatile size_t kmalloc_sum_page_aligned = 0;
 
 static byte* s_next_eternal_ptr;
-static byte* s_next_page_aligned_ptr;
-
 static byte* s_end_of_eternal_range;
-static byte* s_end_of_page_aligned_range;
 
 bool is_kmalloc_address(void* ptr)
 {
     if (ptr >= (byte*)ETERNAL_BASE_PHYSICAL && ptr < s_next_eternal_ptr)
         return true;
-    if (ptr >= (byte*)PAGE_ALIGNED_BASE_PHYSICAL && ptr < s_next_page_aligned_ptr)
-        return true;
     return (dword)ptr >= BASE_PHYS && (dword)ptr <= (BASE_PHYS + POOL_SIZE);
 }
 
@@ -55,15 +49,11 @@ void kmalloc_init()
     memset( (void *)BASE_PHYS, 0, POOL_SIZE );
 
     kmalloc_sum_eternal = 0;
-    kmalloc_sum_page_aligned = 0;
     sum_alloc = 0;
     sum_free = POOL_SIZE;
 
     s_next_eternal_ptr = (byte*)ETERNAL_BASE_PHYSICAL;
-    s_next_page_aligned_ptr = (byte*)PAGE_ALIGNED_BASE_PHYSICAL;
-
     s_end_of_eternal_range = s_next_eternal_ptr + RANGE_SIZE;
-    s_end_of_page_aligned_range = s_next_page_aligned_ptr + RANGE_SIZE;
 }
 
 void* kmalloc_eternal(size_t size)
@@ -75,16 +65,28 @@ void* kmalloc_eternal(size_t size)
     return ptr;
 }
 
-void* kmalloc_page_aligned(size_t size)
+void* kmalloc_aligned(size_t size, size_t alignment)
 {
-    ASSERT((size % PAGE_SIZE) == 0);
-    void* ptr = s_next_page_aligned_ptr;
-    s_next_page_aligned_ptr += size;
-    ASSERT(s_next_page_aligned_ptr < s_end_of_page_aligned_range);
-    kmalloc_sum_page_aligned += size;
-    return ptr;
+    void* ptr = kmalloc(size + alignment + sizeof(void*));
+    dword max_addr = (dword)ptr + alignment;
+    void* aligned_ptr = (void*)(max_addr - (max_addr % alignment));
+
+    ((void**)aligned_ptr)[-1] = ptr;
+    return aligned_ptr;
 }
 
+void kfree_aligned(void* ptr)
+{
+    kfree(((void**)ptr)[-1]);
+}
+
+void* kmalloc_page_aligned(size_t size)
+{
+    void* ptr = kmalloc_aligned(size, PAGE_SIZE);
+    dword d = (dword)ptr;
+    ASSERT((d & PAGE_MASK) == d);
+    return ptr;
+}
 
 void* kmalloc(dword size)
 {
diff --git a/Kernel/kmalloc.h b/Kernel/kmalloc.h
index 1cdc26b1c9..afbaa2e5a1 100644
--- a/Kernel/kmalloc.h
+++ b/Kernel/kmalloc.h
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ void kmalloc_init();
 void *kmalloc(dword size) __attribute__ ((malloc));
 void* kmalloc_eternal(size_t) __attribute__ ((malloc));
 void* kmalloc_page_aligned(size_t) __attribute__ ((malloc));
+void* kmalloc_aligned(size_t, size_t alignment) __attribute__ ((malloc));
 void kfree(void*);
+void kfree_aligned(void*);
 
 bool is_kmalloc_address(void*);