diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lfu/ConcurrentLfuSoakTests.cs b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lfu/ConcurrentLfuSoakTests.cs
index 69a560d7..98978f3f 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lfu/ConcurrentLfuSoakTests.cs
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lfu/ConcurrentLfuSoakTests.cs
@@ -272,6 +272,20 @@ await Threaded.Run(threads, () =>
             await RunIntegrityCheckAsync(lfu, iteration);
         }
 
+        [Theory]
+        [Repeat(soakIterations)]
+        public async Task WhenConcurrentTryGetAddOrUpdateAndTrimCacheEndsInConsistentState(int iteration)
+        {
+            const long trimAfter = 100;
+            string value = "x";
+
+            var trimmingCache = new TrimmingLfuCache(maxItems: 1_000_000, trimAfter: trimAfter);
+            Parallel.For(0, 5000, i => trimmingCache.AddWithTrim("x" + i, value));
+            trimmingCache.AddWithTrim("y", value);
+
+            await RunIntegrityCheckAsync(trimmingCache._cache, iteration);
+        }
+
 #if NET9_0_OR_GREATER
         [Theory]
         [Repeat(soakIterations)]
diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lfu/TrimmingLfuCache.cs b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lfu/TrimmingLfuCache.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f06c4fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lfu/TrimmingLfuCache.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+using BitFaster.Caching.Lfu;
+using BitFaster.Caching.Scheduler;
+
+namespace BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests.Lfu
+{
+    // simple wrapper around ConcurrentLfu to trim the cache after a certain number of items have been added: repros reported bug
+    internal class TrimmingLfuCache
+    {
+        private const int MinTrimBatch = 16;
+        private const int MaxTrimIterations = 64;
+
+        private readonly long trimAfter;
+
+        private int trimInProgress;
+
+        public readonly ConcurrentLfu<string, string> _cache;
+
+        internal TrimmingLfuCache(int maxItems, long trimAfter)
+        {
+            this.trimAfter = trimAfter;
+
+            _cache = new ConcurrentLfu<string, string>(
+                Environment.ProcessorCount,
+                maxItems ,
+                new ForegroundScheduler(),
+                EqualityComparer<string>.Default);
+        }
+
+        public void AddWithTrim(string key, string value)
+        {
+            if (_cache.TryGet(key, out _))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            _cache.AddOrUpdate(key, value);
+
+            this.Trim();
+        }
+
+        private void Trim()
+        {
+            if (Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref trimInProgress, 1, 0) != 0)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                if (_cache.Policy.Eviction.HasValue)
+                {
+                    IBoundedPolicy eviction = _cache.Policy.Eviction.Value!;
+                    int iterations = 0;
+
+                    long currentCount = _cache.Count;
+                    while (_cache.Count > trimAfter && currentCount > 0 && iterations++ < MaxTrimIterations)
+                    {
+                        long over = currentCount - trimAfter;
+                        int toTrim = (int)Math.Min(currentCount, Math.Max(MinTrimBatch, (over) + 1));
+                        eviction.Trim(toTrim);
+                        currentCount = _cache.Count;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                Volatile.Write(ref trimInProgress, 0);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching/Lfu/ConcurrentLfuCore.cs b/BitFaster.Caching/Lfu/ConcurrentLfuCore.cs
index 923cb8fa..9bb388a3 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching/Lfu/ConcurrentLfuCore.cs
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching/Lfu/ConcurrentLfuCore.cs
@@ -200,15 +200,15 @@ private void Trim(int itemCount, ItemRemovedReason reason)
                 TakeCandidatesInLruOrder(this.probationLru, candidates, itemCount);
                 TakeCandidatesInLruOrder(this.protectedLru, candidates, itemCount);
                 TakeCandidatesInLruOrder(this.windowLru, candidates, itemCount);
-            }
 
 #if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
             foreach (var candidate in CollectionsMarshal.AsSpan(candidates))
 #else
-            foreach (var candidate in candidates)
+                foreach (var candidate in candidates)
 #endif
-            {
-                Evict(candidate, reason);
+                {
+                    Evict(candidate, reason);
+                }
             }
         }