diff --git a/src/page.c b/src/page.c
index cb891d18..54897af5 100644
--- a/src/page.c
+++ b/src/page.c
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ void _mi_page_retire(mi_page_t* page) {
   // is the only page left with free blocks. It is not clear
   // how to check this efficiently though... for now we just check
   // if its neighbours are almost fully used.
-  if (mi_likely(page->block_size <= MI_SMALL_SIZE_MAX)) {
+  if (mi_likely(page->block_size <= (MI_SMALL_SIZE_MAX/4))) {
     if (mi_page_mostly_used(page->prev) && mi_page_mostly_used(page->next)) {
       _mi_stat_counter_increase(&_mi_stats_main.page_no_retire,1);
       return; // dont't retire after all