diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index e18216824c..2f5d61f8e7 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -5743,7 +5743,7 @@ qemuMigrationDstErrorFree(void *data)
 int
 qemuMigrationDstErrorInit(virQEMUDriverPtr driver)
 {
-    driver->migrationErrors = virHashAtomicNew(64, qemuMigrationDstErrorFree);
+    driver->migrationErrors = virHashAtomicNew(qemuMigrationDstErrorFree);
     if (driver->migrationErrors)
         return 0;
     else
diff --git a/src/util/virhash.c b/src/util/virhash.c
index 7dd2d9f81d..23e12e0255 100644
--- a/src/util/virhash.c
+++ b/src/util/virhash.c
@@ -212,8 +212,7 @@ virHashTablePtr virHashCreate(ssize_t size, virHashDataFree dataFree)
 
 
 virHashAtomicPtr
-virHashAtomicNew(ssize_t size,
-                 virHashDataFree dataFree)
+virHashAtomicNew(virHashDataFree dataFree)
 {
     virHashAtomicPtr hash;
 
@@ -223,7 +222,7 @@ virHashAtomicNew(ssize_t size,
     if (!(hash = virObjectLockableNew(virHashAtomicClass)))
         return NULL;
 
-    if (!(hash->hash = virHashCreate(size, dataFree))) {
+    if (!(hash->hash = virHashNew(dataFree))) {
         virObjectUnref(hash);
         return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/src/util/virhash.h b/src/util/virhash.h
index 37853aba36..baf92996a3 100644
--- a/src/util/virhash.h
+++ b/src/util/virhash.h
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ typedef void (*virHashKeyFree)(void *name);
 virHashTablePtr virHashNew(virHashDataFree dataFree);
 virHashTablePtr virHashCreate(ssize_t size,
                               virHashDataFree dataFree);
-virHashAtomicPtr virHashAtomicNew(ssize_t size,
-                                  virHashDataFree dataFree);
+virHashAtomicPtr virHashAtomicNew(virHashDataFree dataFree);
 virHashTablePtr virHashCreateFull(ssize_t size,
                                   virHashDataFree dataFree,
                                   virHashKeyCode keyCode,