diff --git a/src/userprog/syscall.c b/src/userprog/syscall.c
index 44397ad..c3caba3 100644
--- a/src/userprog/syscall.c
+++ b/src/userprog/syscall.c
@@ -426,6 +426,10 @@ syscall_mmap (int fd, void *addr)
   if (file_size == 0)
     return MMAP_FAILURE;
 
+  /* ensures the page for mmap does not overlap with the stack */
+  if (addr >= (thread_current ()->curr_esp - PGSIZE))
+    return MMAP_FAILURE;
+
   /* Check and ensure that there is enough space in the user virtual memory to
      hold the entire file. */
   for (off_t ofs = 0; ofs < file_size; ofs += PGSIZE)