diff --git a/include/mimalloc/internal.h b/include/mimalloc/internal.h
index a5968651..a6ed7057 100644
--- a/include/mimalloc/internal.h
+++ b/include/mimalloc/internal.h
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ static inline bool mi_page_immediate_available(const mi_page_t* page) {
 }
 
 // is more than 7/8th of a page in use?
-static inline bool mi_page_mostly_used(const mi_page_t* page) {
+static inline bool mi_page_is_mostly_used(const mi_page_t* page) {
   if (page==NULL) return true;
   uint16_t frac = page->reserved / 8U;
   return (page->reserved - page->used <= frac);
diff --git a/src/page-queue.c b/src/page-queue.c
index efff60e5..83b60e93 100644
--- a/src/page-queue.c
+++ b/src/page-queue.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static void mi_page_queue_enqueue_from(mi_page_queue_t* to, mi_page_queue_t* fro
 
 static void mi_page_queue_enqueue_from_full(mi_page_queue_t* to, mi_page_queue_t* from, mi_page_t* page) {
   // note: we could insert at the front to increase reuse, but it slows down certain benchmarks (like `alloc-test`)
-  mi_page_queue_enqueue_from_ex(to, from, false /* enqueue at the end of the `to` queue? */, page);
+  mi_page_queue_enqueue_from_ex(to, from, true /* enqueue at the end of the `to` queue? */, page);
 }
 
 // Only called from `mi_heap_absorb`.
diff --git a/src/page.c b/src/page.c
index 860d972b..42f529e1 100644
--- a/src/page.c
+++ b/src/page.c
@@ -788,7 +788,8 @@ static mi_page_t* mi_page_queue_find_free_ex(mi_heap_t* heap, mi_page_queue_t* p
         page_candidate = page;
         candidate_count = 0;
       }
-      else if (!mi_page_mostly_used(page) && page->used >= page_candidate->used) {
+      // prefer to reuse fuller pages (in the hope the less used page gets freed)
+      else if (page->used >= page_candidate->used && !mi_page_is_mostly_used(page) && !mi_page_is_expandable(page)) {
         page_candidate = page;
       }
       // if we find a non-expandable candidate, or searched for N pages, return with the best candidate
diff --git a/test/test-stress.c b/test/test-stress.c
index 1aa34339..63e68549 100644
--- a/test/test-stress.c
+++ b/test/test-stress.c
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   #endif  
 #endif
   mi_stats_print(NULL);
-  //mi_stats_print(NULL);
   //bench_end_program();
   return 0;
 }