diff --git a/blockstore_impl.cpp b/blockstore_impl.cpp
index a0aeb01a..c6c60f15 100644
--- a/blockstore_impl.cpp
+++ b/blockstore_impl.cpp
@@ -407,9 +407,31 @@ void blockstore_impl_t::enqueue_op(blockstore_op_t *op, bool first)
     ringloop->wakeup();
 }
 
+static bool replace_stable(object_id oid, uint64_t version, int search_start, int search_end, obj_ver_id* list)
+{
+    while (search_start < search_end)
+    {
+        int pos = search_start+(search_end-search_start)/2;
+        if (oid < list[pos].oid)
+        {
+            search_end = pos;
+        }
+        else if (list[pos].oid < oid)
+        {
+            search_start = pos+1;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            list[pos].version = version;
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 void blockstore_impl_t::process_list(blockstore_op_t *op)
 {
-    // Count objects
+    // Check PG
     uint32_t list_pg = op->offset;
     uint32_t pg_count = op->len;
     uint64_t pg_stripe_size = op->oid.stripe;
@@ -419,70 +441,131 @@ void blockstore_impl_t::process_list(blockstore_op_t *op)
         FINISH_OP(op);
         return;
     }
-    uint64_t stable_count = 0;
-    if (pg_count > 0)
-    {
-        for (auto it = clean_db.begin(); it != clean_db.end(); it++)
-        {
-            uint32_t pg = (it->first.inode + it->first.stripe / pg_stripe_size) % pg_count;
-            if (pg == list_pg)
-            {
-                stable_count++;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        stable_count = clean_db.size();
-    }
-    uint64_t total_count = stable_count;
-    for (auto it = dirty_db.begin(); it != dirty_db.end(); it++)
-    {
-        if (!pg_count || ((it->first.oid.inode + it->first.oid.stripe / pg_stripe_size) % pg_count) == list_pg)
-        {
-            if (IS_STABLE(it->second.state))
-            {
-                stable_count++;
-            }
-            total_count++;
-        }
-    }
-    // Allocate memory
-    op->version = stable_count;
-    op->retval = total_count;
-    op->buf = malloc(sizeof(obj_ver_id) * total_count);
-    if (!op->buf)
+    // Copy clean_db entries (sorted)
+    int stable_count = 0, stable_alloc = clean_db.size() / (pg_count ? pg_count : 1);
+    obj_ver_id *stable = (obj_ver_id*)malloc(sizeof(obj_ver_id) * stable_alloc);
+    if (!stable)
     {
         op->retval = -ENOMEM;
         FINISH_OP(op);
         return;
     }
-    obj_ver_id *vers = (obj_ver_id*)op->buf;
-    int i = 0;
     for (auto it = clean_db.begin(); it != clean_db.end(); it++)
     {
         if (!pg_count || ((it->first.inode + it->first.stripe / pg_stripe_size) % pg_count) == list_pg)
         {
-            vers[i++] = {
+            if (stable_count >= stable_alloc)
+            {
+                stable_alloc += 32768;
+                stable = (obj_ver_id*)realloc(stable, sizeof(obj_ver_id) * stable_alloc);
+                if (!stable)
+                {
+                    op->retval = -ENOMEM;
+                    FINISH_OP(op);
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+            stable[stable_count++] = {
                 .oid = it->first,
                 .version = it->second.version,
             };
         }
     }
-    int j = stable_count;
+    int clean_stable_count = stable_count;
+    // Copy dirty_db entries (sorted, too)
+    int unstable_count = 0, unstable_alloc = 0;
+    obj_ver_id *unstable = NULL;
     for (auto it = dirty_db.begin(); it != dirty_db.end(); it++)
     {
         if (!pg_count || ((it->first.oid.inode + it->first.oid.stripe / pg_stripe_size) % pg_count) == list_pg)
         {
-            if (IS_STABLE(it->second.state))
+            if (IS_DELETE(it->second.state))
             {
-                vers[i++] = it->first;
+                // Deletions are always stable, so try to zero out two possible entries
+                if (!replace_stable(it->first.oid, 0, 0, clean_stable_count, stable))
+                {
+                    replace_stable(it->first.oid, 0, clean_stable_count, stable_count, stable);
+                }
+            }
+            else if (IS_STABLE(it->second.state))
+            {
+                // First try to replace a clean stable version in the first part of the list
+                if (!replace_stable(it->first.oid, it->first.version, 0, clean_stable_count, stable))
+                {
+                    // Then try to replace the last dirty stable version in the second part of the list
+                    if (stable[stable_count-1].oid == it->first.oid)
+                    {
+                        stable[stable_count-1].version = it->first.version;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        if (stable_count >= stable_alloc)
+                        {
+                            stable_alloc += 32768;
+                            stable = (obj_ver_id*)realloc(stable, sizeof(obj_ver_id) * stable_alloc);
+                            if (!stable)
+                            {
+                                if (unstable)
+                                    free(unstable);
+                                op->retval = -ENOMEM;
+                                FINISH_OP(op);
+                                return;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        stable[stable_count++] = it->first;
+                    }
+                }
             }
             else
             {
-                vers[j++] = it->first;
+                if (unstable_count >= unstable_alloc)
+                {
+                    unstable_alloc += 32768;
+                    unstable = (obj_ver_id*)realloc(unstable, sizeof(obj_ver_id) * unstable_alloc);
+                    if (!unstable)
+                    {
+                        if (stable)
+                            free(stable);
+                        op->retval = -ENOMEM;
+                        FINISH_OP(op);
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
+                unstable[unstable_count++] = it->first;
             }
         }
     }
+    // Remove zeroed out stable entries
+    int j = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < stable_count; i++)
+    {
+        if (stable[i].version != 0)
+        {
+            stable[j++] = stable[i];
+        }
+    }
+    stable_count = j;
+    if (stable_count+unstable_count > stable_alloc)
+    {
+        stable_alloc = stable_count+unstable_count;
+        stable = (obj_ver_id*)realloc(stable, sizeof(obj_ver_id) * stable_alloc);
+        if (!stable)
+        {
+            if (unstable)
+                free(unstable);
+            op->retval = -ENOMEM;
+            FINISH_OP(op);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+    // Copy unstable entries
+    for (int i = 0; i < unstable_count; i++)
+    {
+        stable[j++] = unstable[i];
+    }
+    free(unstable);
+    op->version = stable_count;
+    op->retval = stable_count+unstable_count;
+    op->buf = stable;
     FINISH_OP(op);
 }