diff --git a/Zend/tests/gh13569.phpt b/Zend/tests/gh13569.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8e5f74d6666
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Zend/tests/gh13569.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-13569: GC buffer grows up to GC_MAX_BUF_SIZE when scanning WeakMaps
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+$wm = new WeakMap();
+$objs = [];
+for ($i = 0; $i < 30_000; $i++) {
+    $objs[] = $obj = new stdClass;
+    $wm[$obj] = $obj;
+}
+
+gc_collect_cycles();
+
+$tmp = $wm;
+$tmp = null;
+
+gc_collect_cycles();
+?>
+==DONE==
+--EXPECT--
+==DONE==
diff --git a/Zend/zend_gc.c b/Zend/zend_gc.c
index 4051dd82f8a..572e3b66fd4 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_gc.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_gc.c
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ static void ZEND_FASTCALL gc_extra_root(zend_refcounted *ref)
 
 	if (EXPECTED(GC_HAS_UNUSED())) {
 		idx = GC_FETCH_UNUSED();
-	} else if (EXPECTED(GC_HAS_NEXT_UNUSED_UNDER_THRESHOLD())) {
+	} else if (EXPECTED(GC_HAS_NEXT_UNUSED())) {
 		idx = GC_FETCH_NEXT_UNUSED();
 	} else {
 		gc_grow_root_buffer();