diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/abi/aarch64/linux/LinuxAArch64VaList.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/abi/aarch64/linux/LinuxAArch64VaList.java
index ef471294768..e165016a27b 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/abi/aarch64/linux/LinuxAArch64VaList.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/abi/aarch64/linux/LinuxAArch64VaList.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public non-sealed class LinuxAArch64VaList implements VaList {
     }
 
     private static MemorySegment emptyListAddress() {
-        MemorySegment ms = MemorySegment.allocateNative(LAYOUT, SegmentScope.auto());
+        MemorySegment ms = MemorySegment.allocateNative(LAYOUT, SegmentScope.global());
         VH_stack.set(ms, MemorySegment.NULL);
         VH_gr_top.set(ms, MemorySegment.NULL);
         VH_vr_top.set(ms, MemorySegment.NULL);
diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/abi/x64/sysv/SysVVaList.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/abi/x64/sysv/SysVVaList.java
index 36b6bf7ba63..1a1fd03dc1f 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/abi/x64/sysv/SysVVaList.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/abi/x64/sysv/SysVVaList.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public non-sealed class SysVVaList implements VaList {
     }
 
     private static MemorySegment emptyListAddress() {
-        MemorySegment base = MemorySegment.allocateNative(LAYOUT, SegmentScope.auto());
+        MemorySegment base = MemorySegment.allocateNative(LAYOUT, SegmentScope.global());
         VH_gp_offset.set(base, MAX_GP_OFFSET);
         VH_fp_offset.set(base, MAX_FP_OFFSET);
         VH_overflow_arg_area.set(base, MemorySegment.NULL);
diff --git a/test/jdk/java/foreign/valist/VaListTest.java b/test/jdk/java/foreign/valist/VaListTest.java
index 9c8ce23b5ee..1972a89e657 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/foreign/valist/VaListTest.java
+++ b/test/jdk/java/foreign/valist/VaListTest.java
@@ -907,4 +907,8 @@ public class VaListTest extends NativeTestHelper {
         assertThrows(NoSuchElementException.class, () -> nextVarg(vaList, next));
     }
 
+    @Test(dataProvider = "emptyVaLists")
+    public void testEmptyVaListScope(VaList vaList) {
+        assertEquals(vaList.segment().scope(), SegmentScope.global());
+    }
 }