diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/arena_inlines_b.h b/include/jemalloc/internal/arena_inlines_b.h
index a310eb29..844e045d 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/arena_inlines_b.h
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/arena_inlines_b.h
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ arena_prof_info_set(tsd_t *tsd, edata_t *edata, prof_tctx_t *tctx) {
 	large_prof_info_set(edata, tctx);
 }
 
+JEMALLOC_ALWAYS_INLINE bool
+arena_may_force_decay(arena_t *arena) {
+	return !(arena_dirty_decay_ms_get(arena) == -1
+	    || arena_muzzy_decay_ms_get(arena) == -1);
+}
+
 JEMALLOC_ALWAYS_INLINE void
 arena_decay_ticks(tsdn_t *tsdn, arena_t *arena, unsigned nticks) {
 	tsd_t *tsd;
diff --git a/src/extent.c b/src/extent.c
index 9779c38b..07c0bd21 100644
--- a/src/extent.c
+++ b/src/extent.c
@@ -1226,7 +1226,8 @@ extent_record(tsdn_t *tsdn, arena_t *arena, ehooks_t *ehooks, ecache_t *ecache,
 			    &arena->edata_cache, ehooks, rtree_ctx, ecache,
 			    edata, &coalesced, growing_retained);
 		} while (coalesced);
-		if (edata_size_get(edata) >= oversize_threshold) {
+		if (edata_size_get(edata) >= oversize_threshold &&
+		    arena_may_force_decay(arena)) {
 			/* Shortcut to purge the oversize extent eagerly. */
 			malloc_mutex_unlock(tsdn, &ecache->mtx);
 			arena_decay_extent(tsdn, arena, ehooks, edata);