diff --git a/src/core/compact_object.cc b/src/core/compact_object.cc
index 77ee3e733d9e..22a6bf1d2271 100644
--- a/src/core/compact_object.cc
+++ b/src/core/compact_object.cc
@@ -1633,11 +1633,18 @@ MemoryResource* CompactObj::memory_resource() {
 }
 
 bool CompactObj::JsonConsT::DefragIfNeeded(PageUsage* page_usage) {
-  if (JsonType* old = json_ptr; ShouldDefragment(page_usage)) {
+  JsonType* old = json_ptr;
+  if (ShouldDefragment(page_usage)) {
+    const MiMemoryResource* mr = static_cast<MiMemoryResource*>(memory_resource());
+    const ssize_t before = mr->used();
     json_ptr = AllocateMR<JsonType>(DeepCopyJSON(old));
     DeleteMR<JsonType>(old);
+    if (const ssize_t delta = mr->used() - before; delta != 0) {
+      bytes_used += delta;
+    }
     return true;
   }
+
   return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/page_usage_stats_test.cc b/src/core/page_usage_stats_test.cc
index b805c450fcf2..795d44904fc4 100644
--- a/src/core/page_usage_stats_test.cc
+++ b/src/core/page_usage_stats_test.cc
@@ -190,17 +190,31 @@ TEST_F(PageUsageStatsTest, JSONCons) {
   // still fail. This is because freeing the compact object code path takes the wrong branch based
   // on encoding. The flat encoding was tested manually adjusting this same test with changed
   // encoding.
-  std::string_view data{R"#({"data": "some", "count": 1, "checked": false})#"};
+  std::string data = R"({"contents":[)";
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < 1000; ++i) {
+    const auto si = std::to_string(i);
+    data += R"({"id":)" + si + R"(,"class":"v___)" + si + R"("})";
+    if (i < 999) {
+      data += ",";
+    }
+  }
+  data += R"(], "data": "some", "count": 1, "checked": false})";
+
+  auto* mr = static_cast<MiMemoryResource*>(CompactObj::memory_resource());
+  size_t before = mr->used();
 
   auto parsed = ParseJsonUsingShardHeap(data);
   EXPECT_TRUE(parsed.has_value());
 
   c_obj_.SetJson(std::move(parsed.value()));
+  c_obj_.SetJsonSize(mr->used() - before);
+  EXPECT_GT(c_obj_.MallocUsed(), 0);
 
   PageUsage p{CollectPageStats::YES, 0.1};
   p.SetForceReallocate(true);
 
   c_obj_.DefragIfNeeded(&p);
+  EXPECT_GT(c_obj_.MallocUsed(), 0);
 
   const auto stats = p.CollectedStats();
   EXPECT_GT(stats.pages_scanned, 0);
diff --git a/src/server/engine_shard.cc b/src/server/engine_shard.cc
index abcf1064ef19..80b37283fe77 100644
--- a/src/server/engine_shard.cc
+++ b/src/server/engine_shard.cc
@@ -351,14 +351,20 @@ std::optional<CollectedPageStats> EngineShard::DoDefrag(CollectPageStats collect
   uint64_t attempts = 0;
 
   PageUsage page_usage{collect_page_stats, threshold};
+  DbTable* db_table = slice.GetDBTable(defrag_state_.dbid);
   do {
     cur = prime_table->Traverse(cur, [&](PrimeIterator it) {
       // for each value check whether we should move it because it
       // seats on underutilized page of memory, and if so, do it.
-      bool did = it->second.DefragIfNeeded(&page_usage);
+      const ssize_t original_size = it->second.MallocUsed();
+      const bool did = it->second.DefragIfNeeded(&page_usage);
       attempts++;
       if (did) {
         reallocations++;
+        if (const ssize_t delta = it->second.MallocUsed() - original_size;
+            delta != 0 && db_table != nullptr) {
+          db_table->stats.AddTypeMemoryUsage(it->second.ObjType(), delta);
+        }
       }
     });
     traverses_count++;