diff --git a/Source/Windows/ARM64EC/Module.cpp b/Source/Windows/ARM64EC/Module.cpp
index 241da1038..c628cfc27 100644
--- a/Source/Windows/ARM64EC/Module.cpp
+++ b/Source/Windows/ARM64EC/Module.cpp
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ NTSTATUS ProcessInit() {
 
   CPUFeatures.emplace(*CTX);
 
-  X64ReturnInstr = ::VirtualAlloc(nullptr, FEXCore::Utils::FEX_PAGE_SIZE, MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE);
+  X64ReturnInstr = ::VirtualAlloc(nullptr, FEXCore::Utils::FEX_PAGE_SIZE, MEM_COMMIT | MEM_TOP_DOWN, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE);
   InvalidationTracker->HandleMemoryProtectionNotification(reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(X64ReturnInstr), FEXCore::Utils::FEX_PAGE_SIZE,
                                                           PAGE_EXECUTE_READ);
   *reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(X64ReturnInstr) = 0xc3;
@@ -919,7 +919,8 @@ NTSTATUS ThreadInit() {
   const auto CPUArea = GetCPUArea();
 
   static constexpr size_t EmulatorStackSize = 0x40000;
-  const uint64_t EmulatorStack = reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(::VirtualAlloc(nullptr, EmulatorStackSize, MEM_COMMIT | MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_READWRITE));
+  const uint64_t EmulatorStack =
+    reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(::VirtualAlloc(nullptr, EmulatorStackSize, MEM_COMMIT | MEM_RESERVE | MEM_TOP_DOWN, PAGE_READWRITE));
   CPUArea.EmulatorStackLimit() = EmulatorStack;
   CPUArea.EmulatorStackBase() = EmulatorStack + EmulatorStackSize;
 
diff --git a/Source/Windows/Common/CallRetStack.h b/Source/Windows/Common/CallRetStack.h
index d2ddee3e0..215591b39 100644
--- a/Source/Windows/Common/CallRetStack.h
+++ b/Source/Windows/Common/CallRetStack.h
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ CallRetStackInfo GetInfoThread(FEXCore::Core::InternalThreadState* Thread) {
 
 void InitializeThread(FEXCore::Core::InternalThreadState* Thread) {
   // Allocate the call-ret stack with guard pages on both sides
-  const void* CallRetStackAlloc = ::VirtualAlloc(
-    nullptr, FEXCore::Core::InternalThreadState::CALLRET_STACK_SIZE + 2 * FEXCore::Utils::FEX_PAGE_SIZE, MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_NOACCESS);
+  const void* CallRetStackAlloc = ::VirtualAlloc(nullptr, FEXCore::Core::InternalThreadState::CALLRET_STACK_SIZE + 2 * FEXCore::Utils::FEX_PAGE_SIZE,
+                                                 MEM_RESERVE | MEM_TOP_DOWN, PAGE_NOACCESS);
 
   FEXCore::Allocator::VirtualName("FEXMem_CallRetStacks", CallRetStackAlloc,
                                   FEXCore::Core::InternalThreadState::CALLRET_STACK_SIZE + 2 * FEXCore::Utils::FEX_PAGE_SIZE);