diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index b60f702..1fcf812 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ Contributors
 - John Bergvall , `johnbergvall@github <https://github.com/johnbergvall>`_
 - AllinolCP, `AllinolCP@github <https://github.com/AllinolCP>`_
 - uncle-lv, `uncle-lv@github <https://github.com/uncle-lv>`_
+- Vitaliy, `vitalivo@github <https://github.com/vitalivo>`_
diff --git a/src/cacheout/cache.py b/src/cacheout/cache.py
index 3aae3ac..506003e 100644
--- a/src/cacheout/cache.py
+++ b/src/cacheout/cache.py
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ def set_many(self, items: t.Mapping, ttl: t.Optional[T_TTL] = None) -> None:
 
     def _set_many(self, items: t.Mapping, ttl: t.Optional[T_TTL] = None) -> None:
         for key, value in items.items():
-            self._set(key, value, ttl=ttl)
+            self.set(key, value, ttl=ttl)
 
     def delete(self, key: t.Hashable) -> int:
         """
diff --git a/tests/test_lfu.py b/tests/test_lfu.py
index 6d68dc8..9b1a877 100644
--- a/tests/test_lfu.py
+++ b/tests/test_lfu.py
@@ -118,3 +118,22 @@ def test_lfu_access_count_using_default_callable():
 
     assert value is False
     assert cache._access_counts["a"] == -1
+
+
+def test_lfu_set_many_respects_maxsize():
+    cache = LFUCache(maxsize=2)
+    cache.set_many({"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3})
+    assert list(cache.keys()) == ["b", "c"]
+    assert cache.popitem() == ("b", 2)
+    assert cache.popitem() == ("c", 3)
+
+
+def test_lfu_set_many_preserves_eviction_order():
+    cache = LFUCache(maxsize=2)
+    cache.set("hot", 1)
+    cache.get("hot")
+    cache.set_many({"cold": 2})
+    cache.set("next", 3)
+    assert "hot" in cache
+    assert "cold" not in cache
+    assert "next" in cache