diff --git a/src/fast_allocator.c b/src/fast_allocator.c
index 23941eb..51a8f46 100644
--- a/src/fast_allocator.c
+++ b/src/fast_allocator.c
@@ -167,6 +167,15 @@ static int region_init(struct fast_allocator_context *acontext,
 		return result;
 	}
 
+    if (region->count == 1) {
+        if (region->start == 0) {
+            region->step += sizeof(struct allocator_wrapper);
+        } else {
+            region->start += sizeof(struct allocator_wrapper);
+        }
+        region->end += sizeof(struct allocator_wrapper);
+    }
+
     name = name_buff;
 	result = 0;
  	allocator = region->allocators;
diff --git a/src/tests/test_sorted_array.c b/src/tests/test_sorted_array.c
index 918f993..577de44 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_sorted_array.c
+++ b/src/tests/test_sorted_array.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include "fastcommon/array_allocator.h"
 #include "fastcommon/sorted_array.h"
 
-#define  ELEMENT_COUNT  5 * 1000
+#define  ELEMENT_COUNT  1000
 
 static bool silence;