diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/tcache_inlines.h b/include/jemalloc/internal/tcache_inlines.h
index 85c6cc46..40c4286c 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/tcache_inlines.h
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/tcache_inlines.h
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ tcache_alloc_small(tsd_t *tsd, arena_t *arena, tcache_t *tcache,
 	if (config_stats) {
 		bin->tstats.nrequests++;
 	}
-	tcache_event(tsd, tcache);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -150,7 +149,6 @@ tcache_alloc_large(tsd_t *tsd, arena_t *arena, tcache_t *tcache, size_t size,
 		}
 	}
 
-	tcache_event(tsd, tcache);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/tcache_types.h b/include/jemalloc/internal/tcache_types.h
index 60261fc0..9fd39263 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/tcache_types.h
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/tcache_types.h
@@ -43,10 +43,13 @@ typedef struct tcaches_s tcaches_t;
  */
 #define TCACHE_GC_SWEEP			8192
 
-/* Number of tcache allocation/deallocation events between incremental GCs. */
+/* Number of tcache deallocation events between incremental GCs. */
 #define TCACHE_GC_INCR							\
     ((TCACHE_GC_SWEEP / SC_NBINS) + ((TCACHE_GC_SWEEP / SC_NBINS == 0) ? 0 : 1))
 
+/* Number of allocation bytes between tcache incremental GCs. */
+#define TCACHE_GC_INCR_BYTES 65536U
+
 /* Used in TSD static initializer only. Real init in tsd_tcache_data_init(). */
 #define TCACHE_ZERO_INITIALIZER {{0}}
 
diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/thread_event.h b/include/jemalloc/internal/thread_event.h
index 6aa334fc..3da9f0a6 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/thread_event.h
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/thread_event.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ void thread_event_boot();
  *  E(event,		(condition))
  */
 #define ITERATE_OVER_ALL_EVENTS						\
+    E(tcache_gc,	(TCACHE_GC_INCR_BYTES > 0))			\
     E(prof_sample,	(config_prof && opt_prof))
 
 #define E(event, condition)						\
diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/tsd.h b/include/jemalloc/internal/tsd.h
index 60500df7..17bfc886 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/tsd.h
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/tsd.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
  * x: narenas_tdata
  * l: thread_allocated_last_event
  * j: thread_allocated_next_event
+ * g: tcache_gc_event_wait
  * w: prof_sample_event_wait (config_prof)
  * x: prof_sample_last_event (config_prof)
  * p: prof_tdata (config_prof)
@@ -46,11 +47,11 @@
  * |----------------------------  2nd cacheline  ----------------------------|
  * | [c * 64  ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ .......] |
  * |----------------------------  3nd cacheline  ----------------------------|
- * | [c * 32  ........ ........ .......] llllllll jjjjjjjj wwwwwwww xxxxxxxx |
+ * | [c * 32  ........ ........ .......] llllllll jjjjjjjj gggggggg wwwwwwww |
  * +----------------------------  4th cacheline  ----------------------------+
- * | pppppppp vvvvvvvv iiiiiiii aaaaaaaa oooooooo [b...... ........ ........ |
+ * | xxxxxxxx pppppppp vvvvvvvv iiiiiiii aaaaaaaa oooooooo [b...... ........ |
  * +----------------------------  5th cacheline  ----------------------------+
- * | ........ ..b][t.. ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ |
+ * | ........ ........ ..b][t.. ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ |
  * +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  * Note: the entire tcache is embedded into TSD and spans multiple cachelines.
  *
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ typedef void (*test_callback_t)(int *);
     O(rtree_ctx,		rtree_ctx_t,		rtree_ctx_t)	\
     O(thread_allocated_last_event,	uint64_t,	uint64_t)	\
     O(thread_allocated_next_event,	uint64_t,	uint64_t)	\
+    O(tcache_gc_event_wait,	uint64_t,		uint64_t)	\
     O(prof_sample_event_wait,	uint64_t,		uint64_t)	\
     O(prof_sample_last_event,	uint64_t,		uint64_t)	\
     O(prof_tdata,		prof_tdata_t *,		prof_tdata_t *)	\
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ typedef void (*test_callback_t)(int *);
     /* rtree_ctx */		RTREE_CTX_ZERO_INITIALIZER,		\
     /* thread_allocated_last_event */	0,				\
     /* thread_allocated_next_event */	THREAD_EVENT_MIN_START_WAIT,	\
+    /* tcache_gc_event_wait */		THREAD_EVENT_MIN_START_WAIT,	\
     /* prof_sample_event_wait */	THREAD_EVENT_MIN_START_WAIT,	\
     /* prof_sample_last_event */	0,				\
     /* prof_tdata */		NULL,					\
diff --git a/src/jemalloc.c b/src/jemalloc.c
index 264b3f3f..10735121 100644
--- a/src/jemalloc.c
+++ b/src/jemalloc.c
@@ -2350,10 +2350,6 @@ je_malloc(size_t size) {
 
 	tcache_t *tcache = tsd_tcachep_get(tsd);
 
-	if (unlikely(ticker_trytick(&tcache->gc_ticker))) {
-		return malloc_default(size);
-	}
-
 	szind_t ind = sz_size2index_lookup(size);
 	/*
 	 * The thread_allocated counter in tsd serves as a general purpose
diff --git a/src/thread_event.c b/src/thread_event.c
index 312dff26..33d669aa 100644
--- a/src/thread_event.c
+++ b/src/thread_event.c
@@ -18,6 +18,17 @@ static void thread_##event##_event_handler(tsd_t *tsd);
 ITERATE_OVER_ALL_EVENTS
 #undef E
 
+static void
+thread_tcache_gc_event_handler(tsd_t *tsd) {
+	assert(TCACHE_GC_INCR_BYTES > 0);
+	assert(tcache_gc_event_wait_get(tsd) == 0U);
+	thread_tcache_gc_event_update(tsd, TCACHE_GC_INCR_BYTES);
+	tcache_t *tcache = tcache_get(tsd);
+	if (tcache != NULL) {
+		tcache_event_hard(tsd, tcache);
+	}
+}
+
 static void
 thread_prof_sample_event_handler(tsd_t *tsd) {
 	assert(config_prof && opt_prof);
diff --git a/src/tsd.c b/src/tsd.c
index a31f6b96..3fa43d30 100644
--- a/src/tsd.c
+++ b/src/tsd.c
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ tsd_data_init(tsd_t *tsd) {
 	*tsd_offset_statep_get(tsd) = config_debug ? 0 :
 	    (uint64_t)(uintptr_t)tsd;
 
+	if (TCACHE_GC_INCR_BYTES > 0) {
+		thread_tcache_gc_event_update(tsd, TCACHE_GC_INCR_BYTES);
+	}
+
 	return tsd_tcache_enabled_data_init(tsd);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/thread_event.c b/test/unit/thread_event.c
index 6817262b..cf5b2e59 100644
--- a/test/unit/thread_event.c
+++ b/test/unit/thread_event.c
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ TEST_BEGIN(test_next_event_fast_roll_back) {
 	    THREAD_ALLOCATED_NEXT_EVENT_FAST_MAX);
 	thread_allocated_next_event_fast_set(tsd,
 	    THREAD_ALLOCATED_NEXT_EVENT_FAST_MAX);
-	prof_sample_event_wait_set(tsd,
+#define E(event, condition)						\
+	event##_event_wait_set(tsd,					\
 	    THREAD_ALLOCATED_NEXT_EVENT_FAST_MAX);
+	ITERATE_OVER_ALL_EVENTS
+#undef E
 	void *p = malloc(16U);
 	assert_ptr_not_null(p, "malloc() failed");
 	free(p);
@@ -25,8 +28,11 @@ TEST_BEGIN(test_next_event_fast_resume) {
 	thread_allocated_next_event_set(tsd,
 	    THREAD_ALLOCATED_NEXT_EVENT_FAST_MAX + 16U);
 	thread_allocated_next_event_fast_set(tsd, 0);
-	prof_sample_event_wait_set(tsd,
+#define E(event, condition)						\
+	event##_event_wait_set(tsd,					\
 	    THREAD_ALLOCATED_NEXT_EVENT_FAST_MAX + 16U);
+	ITERATE_OVER_ALL_EVENTS
+#undef E
 	void *p = malloc(SC_LOOKUP_MAXCLASS);
 	assert_ptr_not_null(p, "malloc() failed");
 	free(p);