diff --git a/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c b/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c
index 4d8bfa3..058c68b 100644
--- a/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c
+++ b/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c
@@ -6368,12 +6368,13 @@ mdb_rebalance(MDB_cursor *mc)
 	DPRINTF("found neighbor page %zu (%u keys, %.1f%% full)",
 	    mn.mc_pg[mn.mc_top]->mp_pgno, NUMKEYS(mn.mc_pg[mn.mc_top]), (float)PAGEFILL(mc->mc_txn->mt_env, mn.mc_pg[mn.mc_top]) / 10);
 
-	/* If the neighbor page is above threshold and has at least two
-	 * keys, move one key from it.
+	/* If the neighbor page is above threshold and has at least three
+	 * keys, move one key from it. (A page must never have fewer than
+	 * 2 keys.)
 	 *
 	 * Otherwise we should try to merge them.
 	 */
-	if (PAGEFILL(mc->mc_txn->mt_env, mn.mc_pg[mn.mc_top]) >= FILL_THRESHOLD && NUMKEYS(mn.mc_pg[mn.mc_top]) >= 2)
+	if (PAGEFILL(mc->mc_txn->mt_env, mn.mc_pg[mn.mc_top]) >= FILL_THRESHOLD && NUMKEYS(mn.mc_pg[mn.mc_top]) > 2)
 		return mdb_node_move(&mn, mc);
 	else {
 		if (mc->mc_ki[ptop] == 0)