diff --git a/build/linux_spiffs_test b/build/linux_spiffs_test
index b239c18..181b292 100755
Binary files a/build/linux_spiffs_test and b/build/linux_spiffs_test differ
diff --git a/src/spiffs_gc.c b/src/spiffs_gc.c
index 9a225df..0540308 100644
--- a/src/spiffs_gc.c
+++ b/src/spiffs_gc.c
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ static s32_t spiffs_gc_erase_block(
   SPIFFS_CHECK_RES(res);
 
   fs->max_erase_count++;
+  if (fs->max_erase_count == SPIFFS_OBJ_ID_IX_FLAG) {
+    fs->max_erase_count = 0;
+  }
 
 #if SPIFFS_CACHE
   {