diff --git a/repos/base/src/lib/cxx/misc.cc b/repos/base/src/lib/cxx/misc.cc
index ee60dc5d7..d739162fc 100644
--- a/repos/base/src/lib/cxx/misc.cc
+++ b/repos/base/src/lib/cxx/misc.cc
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ void *memmove(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n)
 extern "C" __attribute__((weak))
 void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n)
 {
-	return Genode::memset(s, c, n);
+	while (n--) ((char *)s)[n] = c;
+	return s;
 }