diff --git a/std/heap.zig b/std/heap.zig
index 1e539bf4b1..27f16d0391 100644
--- a/std/heap.zig
+++ b/std/heap.zig
@@ -170,16 +170,20 @@ pub const DirectAllocator = struct {
                 ) orelse return error.OutOfMemory;
                 const offset = old_adjusted_addr - root_addr;
                 const new_root_addr = @ptrToInt(new_ptr);
-                const adjusted_addr = new_root_addr + offset;
-                const new_adjusted_addr = mem.alignForward(new_root_addr, new_align);
-                // If HeapReAlloc didn't happen to move the memory to the new alignment
-                // then we need to copy it
-                if (new_adjusted_addr != adjusted_addr) {
+                var new_adjusted_addr = new_root_addr + offset;
+                const offset_is_valid = new_adjusted_addr + new_size + @sizeOf(usize) <= new_root_addr + amt;
+                const offset_is_aligned = new_adjusted_addr % new_align == 0;
+                if (!offset_is_valid or !offset_is_aligned) {
+                    // If HeapReAlloc didn't happen to move the memory to the new alignment,
+                    // or the memory starting at the old offset would be outside of the new allocation,
+                    // then we need to copy the memory to a valid aligned address and use that
+                    const new_aligned_addr = mem.alignForward(new_root_addr, new_align);
                     @memcpy(
+                        @intToPtr([*]u8, new_aligned_addr),
                         @intToPtr([*]u8, new_adjusted_addr),
-                        @intToPtr([*]u8, adjusted_addr),
                         std.math.min(old_mem.len, new_size),
                     );
+                    new_adjusted_addr = new_aligned_addr;
                 }
                 const new_record_addr = new_adjusted_addr + new_size;
                 @intToPtr(*align(1) usize, new_record_addr).* = new_root_addr;