diff --git a/src/ds/bits.h b/src/ds/bits.h
index 1ad466db6..0b09b719e 100644
--- a/src/ds/bits.h
+++ b/src/ds/bits.h
@@ -378,7 +378,9 @@ namespace snmalloc
      * Map large range of strictly positive integers
      * into an exponent and mantissa pair.
      *
-     * The reverse mapping is given as:
+     * The reverse mapping is given by first adding one to the value, and then
+     * extracting the bottom MANTISSA bits as m, and the rest as e.
+     * Then each value maps as:
      *
      *  e |     m      |    value
      * ---------------------------------
@@ -391,57 +393,44 @@ namespace snmalloc
      * smallest exponent and mantissa with a
      * reverse mapping not less than the value.
      *
+     * The e and m in the forward mapping and reverse are not the same, and the
+     * initial increment in from_exp_mant and the decrement in to_exp_mant
+     * handle the different ways it is calculating and using the split.
+     * This is due to the rounding of bits below the mantissa in the
+     * representation, which is confusing but leads to the fastest code.
+     *
      * Does not work for value=0.
      ***********************************************/
     template<size_t MANTISSA_BITS, size_t LOW_BITS = 0>
     static size_t to_exp_mant(size_t value)
     {
-      value += ((size_t)1 << (LOW_BITS)) - 1;
-      value >>= LOW_BITS;
-
-      if (MANTISSA_BITS > 0)
-      {
-        size_t LEADING_BIT = ((size_t)1 << MANTISSA_BITS) >> 1;
-        size_t MANTISSA_MASK = ((size_t)1 << MANTISSA_BITS) - 1;
+      size_t LEADING_BIT = ((size_t)1 << (MANTISSA_BITS + LOW_BITS)) >> 1;
+      size_t MANTISSA_MASK = ((size_t)1 << MANTISSA_BITS) - 1;
 
-        value = value - 1;
+      value = value - 1;
 
-        size_t e = (bits::BITS - clz(value | LEADING_BIT)) - MANTISSA_BITS;
-        size_t shift_e = (e == 0) ? 0 : e - 1;
-        size_t m = (value >> shift_e) & MANTISSA_MASK;
+      size_t e =
+        bits::BITS - MANTISSA_BITS - LOW_BITS - clz(value | LEADING_BIT);
+      size_t b = (e == 0) ? 0 : 1;
+      size_t m = (value >> (LOW_BITS + e - b)) & MANTISSA_MASK;
 
-        return (e << MANTISSA_BITS) + m;
-      }
-      else
-      {
-        return bits::next_pow2_bits(value);
-      }
+      return (e << MANTISSA_BITS) + m;
     }
 
     template<size_t MANTISSA_BITS, size_t LOW_BITS = 0>
     constexpr static size_t to_exp_mant_const(size_t value)
     {
-      value += ((size_t)1 << LOW_BITS) - 1;
-      value >>= LOW_BITS;
+      size_t LEADING_BIT = ((size_t)1 << (MANTISSA_BITS + LOW_BITS)) >> 1;
+      size_t MANTISSA_MASK = ((size_t)1 << MANTISSA_BITS) - 1;
 
-      if (MANTISSA_BITS > 0)
-      {
-        size_t LEADING_BIT = (size_t)1 << (MANTISSA_BITS - 1);
-        size_t MANTISSA_MASK = ((size_t)1 << MANTISSA_BITS) - 1;
-
-        value = value - 1;
+      value = value - 1;
 
-        size_t e =
-          (bits::BITS - clz_const(value | LEADING_BIT)) - MANTISSA_BITS;
-        size_t shift_e = (e == 0) ? 0 : e - 1;
-        size_t m = (value >> shift_e) & MANTISSA_MASK;
+      size_t e =
+        bits::BITS - MANTISSA_BITS - LOW_BITS - clz_const(value | LEADING_BIT);
+      size_t b = (e == 0) ? 0 : 1;
+      size_t m = (value >> (LOW_BITS + e - b)) & MANTISSA_MASK;
 
-        return (e << MANTISSA_BITS) + m;
-      }
-      else
-      {
-        return bits::next_pow2_bits_const(value);
-      }
+      return (e << MANTISSA_BITS) + m;
     }
 
     template<size_t MANTISSA_BITS, size_t LOW_BITS = 0>
@@ -449,12 +438,13 @@ namespace snmalloc
     {
       if (MANTISSA_BITS > 0)
       {
+        m_e = m_e + 1;
         size_t MANTISSA_MASK = ((size_t)1 << MANTISSA_BITS) - 1;
         size_t m = m_e & MANTISSA_MASK;
         size_t e = m_e >> MANTISSA_BITS;
         size_t b = e == 0 ? 0 : 1;
         size_t shifted_e = e - b;
-        size_t extended_m = (m + ((size_t)b << MANTISSA_BITS)) + 1;
+        size_t extended_m = (m + ((size_t)b << MANTISSA_BITS));
         return extended_m << (shifted_e + LOW_BITS);
       }
       else
diff --git a/src/test/func/sizeclass/sizeclass.cc b/src/test/func/sizeclass/sizeclass.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a98c20129
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/func/sizeclass/sizeclass.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <snmalloc.h>
+
+NOINLINE
+uint8_t size_to_sizeclass(size_t size)
+{
+  return snmalloc::size_to_sizeclass(size);
+}
+
+int main(int, char**)
+{
+  bool failed = false;
+  size_t size_low = 0;
+
+  std::cout << "0 has sizeclass: " << (size_t)snmalloc::size_to_sizeclass(0)
+            << std::endl;
+
+  std::cout << "sizeclass |-> [size_low, size_high] " << std::endl;
+
+  for (uint8_t sz = 0; sz < snmalloc::NUM_SIZECLASSES; sz++)
+  {
+    // Separate printing for small and medium sizeclasses
+    if (sz == snmalloc::NUM_SMALL_CLASSES)
+      std::cout << std::endl;
+
+    size_t size = snmalloc::sizeclass_to_size(sz);
+    std::cout << (size_t)sz << " |-> "
+              << "[" << size_low + 1 << ", " << size << "]" << std::endl;
+
+    if (size < size_low)
+    {
+      std::cout << "Sizeclass " << (size_t)sz << " is " << size
+                << " which is less than " << size_low << std::endl;
+      failed = true;
+    }
+
+    for (size_t i = size_low + 1; i <= size; i++)
+    {
+      if (size_to_sizeclass(i) != sz)
+      {
+        std::cout << "Size " << i << " has sizeclass "
+                  << (size_t)size_to_sizeclass(i) << " but expected sizeclass "
+                  << (size_t)sz << std::endl;
+        failed = true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    size_low = size;
+  }
+
+  if (failed)
+    abort();
+}
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