diff --git a/bucket_test.go b/bucket_test.go
index bf1b48a8f..c75f71fff 100644
--- a/bucket_test.go
+++ b/bucket_test.go
@@ -423,6 +423,22 @@ func TestBucket_Delete_FreelistOverflow(t *testing.T) {
 	}); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
+
+	// Check more than an overflow's worth of pages are freed.
+	stats := db.Stats()
+	freePages := stats.FreePageN + stats.PendingPageN
+	if freePages <= 0xFFFF {
+		t.Fatalf("expected more than 0xFFFF free pages, got %v", freePages)
+	}
+
+	// Free page count should be preserved on reopen.
+	if err := db.DB.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	db.MustReopen()
+	if reopenFreePages := db.Stats().FreePageN; freePages != reopenFreePages {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %d free pages, got %+v", freePages, db.Stats())
+	}
 }
 
 // Ensure that accessing and updating nested buckets is ok across transactions.
diff --git a/freelist.go b/freelist.go
index 679fcbb8e..13ce51666 100644
--- a/freelist.go
+++ b/freelist.go
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ func (f *freelist) read(p *page) {
 	if count == 0 {
 		f.ids = nil
 	} else {
-		ids := ((*[maxAllocSize]pgid)(unsafe.Pointer(&p.ptr)))[idx:count]
+		ids := ((*[maxAllocSize]pgid)(unsafe.Pointer(&p.ptr)))[idx:idx+count]
 		f.ids = make([]pgid, len(ids))
 		copy(f.ids, ids)