diff --git a/cache.go b/cache.go
index 3f2bd2d..d43dd9c 100644
--- a/cache.go
+++ b/cache.go
@@ -445,14 +445,45 @@ func (c *Cache[K, V]) Len() int {
 	c.items.mu.RLock()
 	defer c.items.mu.RUnlock()
 
-	size := 0
-	for _, elem := range c.items.values {
-		if !elem.Value.(*Item[K, V]).isExpiredUnsafe() {
-			size++
+	total := c.items.expQueue.Len()
+	if total == 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	// search the heap-based expQueue by BFS
+	countExpired := func() int {
+		var (
+			q   []int
+			res int
+		)
+
+		item := c.items.expQueue[0].Value.(*Item[K, V])
+		if !item.isExpiredUnsafe() {
+			return res
+		}
+
+		q = append(q, 0)
+		for len(q) > 0 {
+			pop := q[0]
+			q = q[1:]
+			res++
+
+			for i := 1; i <= 2; i++ {
+				idx := 2*pop + i
+				if idx >= total {
+					break
+				}
+
+				item = c.items.expQueue[idx].Value.(*Item[K, V])
+				if item.isExpiredUnsafe() {
+					q = append(q, idx)
+				}
+			}
 		}
+		return res
 	}
 
-	return size
+	return total - countExpired()
 }
 
 // Keys returns all unexpired keys in the cache.
diff --git a/cache_test.go b/cache_test.go
index ac7db42..95fa9e4 100644
--- a/cache_test.go
+++ b/cache_test.go
@@ -803,8 +803,19 @@ func Test_Cache_Touch(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func Test_Cache_Len(t *testing.T) {
-	cache := prepCache(time.Hour, "1", "2")
-	addToCache(cache, time.Nanosecond, "3")
+	cache := prepCache(time.Hour)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, cache.Len())
+
+	addToCache(cache, time.Hour, "1")
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, cache.Len())
+
+	addToCache(cache, time.Nanosecond, "2")
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, cache.Len())
+
+	addToCache(cache, time.Hour, "3")
+	for i := 4; i < 30; i++ {
+		addToCache(cache, time.Nanosecond, fmt.Sprint(i))
+	}
 	assert.Equal(t, 2, cache.Len())
 }