diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/ph.h b/include/jemalloc/internal/ph.h
index 5f091c5f..8ceadb90 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/ph.h
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/ph.h
@@ -318,36 +318,37 @@ ph_insert(ph_t *ph, void *phn, size_t offset, ph_cmp_t cmp) {
 	 */
 	if (ph->root == NULL) {
 		ph->root = phn;
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * As a special case, check to see if we can replace the root.
-		 * This is practically common in some important cases, and lets
-		 * us defer some insertions (hopefully, until the point where
-		 * some of the items in the aux list have been removed, savings
-		 * us from linking them at all).
-		 */
-		if (cmp(phn, ph->root) < 0) {
-			phn_lchild_set(phn, ph->root, offset);
-			phn_prev_set(ph->root, phn, offset);
-			ph->root = phn;
-			ph->auxcount = 0;
-			return;
-		}
-		ph->auxcount++;
-		phn_next_set(phn, phn_next_get(ph->root, offset), offset);
-		if (phn_next_get(ph->root, offset) != NULL) {
-			phn_prev_set(phn_next_get(ph->root, offset), phn,
-			    offset);
-		}
-		phn_prev_set(phn, ph->root, offset);
-		phn_next_set(ph->root, phn, offset);
+		return;
 	}
-	if (ph->auxcount > 1) {
-		unsigned nmerges = ffs_zu(ph->auxcount - 1);
-		bool done = false;
-		for (unsigned i = 0; i < nmerges && !done; i++) {
-			done = ph_try_aux_merge_pair(ph, offset, cmp);
-		}
+
+	/*
+	 * As a special case, check to see if we can replace the root.
+	 * This is practically common in some important cases, and lets
+	 * us defer some insertions (hopefully, until the point where
+	 * some of the items in the aux list have been removed, savings
+	 * us from linking them at all).
+	 */
+	if (cmp(phn, ph->root) < 0) {
+		phn_lchild_set(phn, ph->root, offset);
+		phn_prev_set(ph->root, phn, offset);
+		ph->root = phn;
+		ph->auxcount = 0;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	phn_next_set(phn, phn_next_get(ph->root, offset), offset);
+	if (phn_next_get(ph->root, offset) != NULL) {
+		phn_prev_set(phn_next_get(ph->root, offset), phn,
+		    offset);
+	}
+	phn_prev_set(phn, ph->root, offset);
+	phn_next_set(ph->root, phn, offset);
+
+	ph->auxcount++;
+	unsigned nmerges = ffs_zu(ph->auxcount);
+	bool done = false;
+	for (unsigned i = 0; i < nmerges && !done; i++) {
+		done = ph_try_aux_merge_pair(ph, offset, cmp);
 	}
 }