diff --git a/memory-management/src/jemalloc_monitor.rs b/memory-management/src/jemalloc_monitor.rs
index e0a5b5ded8ab96..9038031e1d402e 100644
--- a/memory-management/src/jemalloc_monitor.rs
+++ b/memory-management/src/jemalloc_monitor.rs
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ impl MemPoolStats {
             .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("Prefix can not be over {} bytes long", NAME_LEN));
 
         self.data.push((key, Counters::default()));
+        // keep data sorted with longest prefixes first (this avoids short-circuiting)
+        // no need for this to be efficient since we do not run time in a tight loop and vec is typically short
+        self.data.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| b.0.len().cmp(&a.0.len()));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/memory-management/src/jemalloc_monitor_metrics.rs b/memory-management/src/jemalloc_monitor_metrics.rs
index 77f75a186c4aa8..bd721700627eba 100644
--- a/memory-management/src/jemalloc_monitor_metrics.rs
+++ b/memory-management/src/jemalloc_monitor_metrics.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ pub fn setup_watch_memory_usage() {
         "solQuicTpu",
         "solQuicTpuFwd",
         "solRepairQuic",
-        "solGossipQuic",
         "solTurbineQuic",
     ] {
         mps.add(thread);