diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7a6301a0710..9354fe0fbf9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2731,7 +2731,7 @@ checksum = "86e3bdc80eee6e16b2b6b0f87fbc98c04bee3455e35174c0de1a125d0688c632"
 [[package]]
 name = "dlmalloc"
 version = "0.1.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/gear-tech/dlmalloc-rust.git#15352f969112faa463302f2490bbb7f6e1cb904d"
+source = "git+https://github.com/gear-tech/dlmalloc-rust.git?branch=holykol/free-range-support#2abd7fe1e8974d9740bfd1b413c8bed19752bbb4"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "libc-print",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fd21ce7fb84..15e74662d87 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ colored = "2.0.0"
 const-str = "0.5"
 derive_more = "0.99.17"
 dirs = "4.0.0"
-dlmalloc = { git = "https://github.com/gear-tech/dlmalloc-rust.git" }
+dlmalloc = { git = "https://github.com/gear-tech/dlmalloc-rust.git", branch = "holykol/free-range-support"}
 dyn-clonable = "0.9.0"
 enum-iterator = "1.4.0"
 env_logger = "0.10"
diff --git a/pallets/gear/src/benchmarking/mod.rs b/pallets/gear/src/benchmarking/mod.rs
index e124e189833..d94c33cb680 100644
--- a/pallets/gear/src/benchmarking/mod.rs
+++ b/pallets/gear/src/benchmarking/mod.rs
@@ -827,9 +827,9 @@ benchmarks! {
     }
 
     free_range {
-        let p in 0..512;
+        let r in 0..512;
         let mut res = None;
-        let exec = Benches::<T>::free_range(p, 1)?;
+        let exec = Benches::<T>::free_range(r, 1)?;
     }: {
         res.replace(run_process(exec));
     }
diff --git a/pallets/gear/src/benchmarking/syscalls.rs b/pallets/gear/src/benchmarking/syscalls.rs
index 07ee04be09b..9ffddd77319 100644
--- a/pallets/gear/src/benchmarking/syscalls.rs
+++ b/pallets/gear/src/benchmarking/syscalls.rs
@@ -266,8 +266,6 @@ where
     pub fn free_range(repetitions: u32, pages_per_call: u32) -> Result<Exec<T>, &'static str> {
         use Instruction::*;
 
-        const MAX_PAGES_OVERRIDE: u16 = u16::MAX;
-
         let mut instructions = vec![];
 
         for _ in 0..API_BENCHMARK_BATCH_SIZE {
@@ -277,7 +275,7 @@ where
             unreachable_condition(&mut instructions, I32Eq); // if alloc returns -1 then it's error
 
             // free them in steps
-            let mut i = 1;
+            let mut i = 0;
             for _ in 0..repetitions {
                 instructions.extend([
                     I32Const(i),
@@ -297,7 +295,7 @@ where
             ..Default::default()
         };
 
-        Self::prepare_handle_override_max_pages(module, 0, MAX_PAGES_OVERRIDE.into())
+        Self::prepare_handle(module, 0)
     }
 
     pub fn gr_reserve_gas(r: u32) -> Result<Exec<T>, &'static str> {
diff --git a/runtime/vara/src/tests.rs b/runtime/vara/src/tests.rs
index 12a84112af2..06213e932aa 100644
--- a/runtime/vara/src/tests.rs
+++ b/runtime/vara/src/tests.rs
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ fn page_costs_heuristic_test() {
         lazy_pages_signal_write_after_read: 10_650_000.into(),
         lazy_pages_host_func_read: 29_000_000.into(),
         lazy_pages_host_func_write: 33_000_000.into(),
-        lazy_pages_host_func_write_after_read: 11_000_000.into(),
+        lazy_pages_host_func_write_after_read: 9_000_000.into(),
         load_page_data: 10_800_000.into(),
         upload_page_data: 104_000_000.into(),
         static_page: 100.into(),