diff --git a/src/server/db_slice.cc b/src/server/db_slice.cc
index 769ae5ea8..70a12845b 100644
--- a/src/server/db_slice.cc
+++ b/src/server/db_slice.cc
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ bool PrimeEvictionPolicy::CanGrow(const PrimeTable& tbl) const {
   if (!apply_memory_limit_ || mem_budget_ > soft_limit_)
     return true;
 
-  DCHECK_LT(tbl.size(), tbl.capacity());
+  DCHECK_LE(tbl.size(), tbl.capacity());
 
   // We take a conservative stance here -
   // we estimate how much memory we will take with the current capacity
diff --git a/src/server/dragonfly_test.cc b/src/server/dragonfly_test.cc
index 0ad66e808..cde768de9 100644
--- a/src/server/dragonfly_test.cc
+++ b/src/server/dragonfly_test.cc
@@ -382,16 +382,15 @@ TEST_F(DflyEngineTest, OOM) {
 /// Reproduces the case where items with expiry data were evicted,
 /// and then written with the same key.
 TEST_F(DflyEngineTest, Bug207) {
+  max_memory_limit = 300000;
   shard_set->TEST_EnableHeartBeat();
   shard_set->TEST_EnableCacheMode();
   absl::FlagSaver fs;
   absl::SetFlag(&FLAGS_oom_deny_ratio, 4);
 
-  max_memory_limit = 300000;
-
   ssize_t i = 0;
   RespExpr resp;
-  for (; i < 5000; ++i) {
+  for (; i < 10000; ++i) {
     resp = Run({"setex", StrCat("key", i), "30", "bar"});
     // we evict some items because 5000 is too much when max_memory_limit is 300000.
     ASSERT_EQ(resp, "OK");