diff --git a/packages/bun-usockets/src/eventing/epoll_kqueue.c b/packages/bun-usockets/src/eventing/epoll_kqueue.c
index 679d8641038d..e8e36dc9d05b 100644
--- a/packages/bun-usockets/src/eventing/epoll_kqueue.c
+++ b/packages/bun-usockets/src/eventing/epoll_kqueue.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ void Bun__internal_dispatch_ready_poll(void* loop, void* poll);
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h> // memset
+#include <mimalloc.h>
 #endif
 
 void us_loop_run_bun_tick(struct us_loop_t *loop, const struct timespec* timeout, uint64_t now_ns);
@@ -391,6 +392,22 @@ void us_loop_run_bun_tick(struct us_loop_t *loop, const struct timespec* timeout
     if (will_idle_inside_event_loop && loop->data.jsc_vm)
         Bun__JSC_onBeforeWait(loop->data.jsc_vm, now_ns);
 
+    /* The scavenger sweeps our heaps while we are in the kernel. Must come after
+     * Bun__JSC_onBeforeWait, which allocates: nothing may touch our heaps until the matching
+     * _end. mimalloc paces the sweep itself, so this costs a compare-and-swap per tick.
+     * With no scavenger to hand off to, fall back to sweeping inline -- but only on a tick that
+     * really parks, and rate-limited, because doing it between ticks is what we are avoiding. */
+    const int handed_off = mi_on_thread_idle_start();
+    if (!handed_off && will_idle_inside_event_loop) {
+        static const uint64_t idle_sweep_interval_ns = 100 * 1000000ULL;
+        static _Thread_local uint64_t last_idle_sweep_ns = 0;
+        const uint64_t sweep_now_ns = now_ns ? now_ns : us_internal_monotonic_ns();
+        if (sweep_now_ns >= last_idle_sweep_ns + idle_sweep_interval_ns) {
+            last_idle_sweep_ns = sweep_now_ns;
+            mi_on_thread_idle();
+        }
+    }
+
     /* Fetch ready polls */
 #ifdef LIBUS_USE_EPOLL
     /* A zero timespec already has a fast path in ep_poll (fs/eventpoll.c):
@@ -411,6 +428,10 @@ void us_loop_run_bun_tick(struct us_loop_t *loop, const struct timespec* timeout
     } while (IS_EINTR(loop->num_ready_polls));
 #endif
 
+    /* Before anything can allocate again. */
+    if (handed_off)
+        mi_on_thread_idle_end();
+
     us_internal_dispatch_ready_polls(loop);
     us_internal_drain_ready_polls(loop);
     us_internal_sweep_if_due(loop);
diff --git a/scripts/build/deps/mimalloc.ts b/scripts/build/deps/mimalloc.ts
index 6bb93084c1f7..bb507d935073 100644
--- a/scripts/build/deps/mimalloc.ts
+++ b/scripts/build/deps/mimalloc.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 import type { Dependency, DirectBuild } from "../source.ts";
 
-const MIMALLOC_COMMIT = "13eecae8f35a73c16bdcded9291d9b56b7fc0fca";
+const MIMALLOC_COMMIT = "24211c6e7610ae7c4ec06040758ec90bd21a1c83";
 
 export const mimalloc: Dependency = {
   name: "mimalloc",
diff --git a/src/jsc/bindings/BunJSCEventLoop.cpp b/src/jsc/bindings/BunJSCEventLoop.cpp
index 18c57e4c6610..736fdd6207fb 100644
--- a/src/jsc/bindings/BunJSCEventLoop.cpp
+++ b/src/jsc/bindings/BunJSCEventLoop.cpp
@@ -82,16 +82,16 @@ extern "C" void Bun__JSC_onBeforeWait(JSC::VM* _Nonnull vm, uint64_t nowNs)
             vm->heap.stopIfNecessary();
             vm->didEnterVM = false;
 
-#if USE(MIMALLOC)
+#if USE(MIMALLOC) && OS(WINDOWS)
             // Collect retired pages, punch free-block holes, hand the arena purge to
             // the scavenger. Rate-limited; nowNs is the tick's shared reading (0 = take
             // one), compared by addition so an out-of-order reading cannot underflow.
+            //
+            // Windows only: everywhere else `us_loop_run_bun_tick` hands the heaps to the
+            // scavenger across the poll instead, so this thread never does the sweep itself.
+            // The libuv loop has no handoff yet, so it keeps paying for it here.
             static constexpr uint64_t idleSweepIntervalNs = 100 * 1000000ULL;
             static thread_local uint64_t lastIdleSweepNs = 0;
-#if !OS(WINDOWS)
-            if (nowNs == 0)
-                nowNs = us_internal_monotonic_ns();
-#endif
             if (nowNs >= lastIdleSweepNs + idleSweepIntervalNs) {
                 lastIdleSweepNs = nowNs;
                 mi_on_thread_idle();