diff --git a/src/common/bitset.rs b/src/common/bitset.rs
index c0edea292..08428590c 100644
--- a/src/common/bitset.rs
+++ b/src/common/bitset.rs
@@ -84,23 +84,12 @@ impl TinySet {
     /// and removes it.
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn pop_lowest(&mut self) -> Option<u32> {
-        if let Some(lowest) = self.lowest() {
-            self.0 ^= TinySet::singleton(lowest).0;
-            Some(lowest)
-        } else {
-            None
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Returns the lowest element in the `TinySet`
-    /// (or None if the set is empty).
-    #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn lowest(&mut self) -> Option<u32> {
         if self.is_empty() {
             None
         } else {
-            let least_significant_bit = self.0.trailing_zeros() as u32;
-            Some(least_significant_bit)
+            let lowest = self.0.trailing_zeros() as u32;
+            self.0 ^= TinySet::singleton(lowest).0;
+            Some(lowest)
         }
     }
 
@@ -366,7 +355,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[bench]
     fn bench_tinyset_pop(b: &mut test::Bencher) {
-        b.iter(|| test::black_box(TinySet::singleton(31u32)).pop_lowest());
+        b.iter(|| test::black_box(TinySet(321u64)).pop_lowest());
     }
 
     #[bench]
@@ -387,4 +376,5 @@ mod tests {
     fn bench_bitset_initialize(b: &mut test::Bencher) {
         b.iter(|| BitSet::with_max_value(1_000_000));
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/query/bitset/mod.rs b/src/query/bitset/mod.rs
index aa8c4aed3..53947f16a 100644
--- a/src/query/bitset/mod.rs
+++ b/src/query/bitset/mod.rs
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[bench]
     fn bench_bitset_1pct_clone_iterate(b: &mut test::Bencher) {
-        let els = tests::generate_nonunique_unsorted(1_000_000u32, 10_000);
+        let els = tests::sample(1_000_000u32, 0.01);
         let mut bitset = BitSet::with_max_value(1_000_000);
         for el in els {
             bitset.insert(el);