2 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/plugins/lb/lb.c b/src/plugins/lb/lb.c
index 782833495c1..c6f5a0ab89a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lb/lb.c
+++ b/src/plugins/lb/lb.c
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ out:
   }
 
   //First, let's sort the ASs
-  vec_alloc(sort_arr, pool_elts(vip->as_indexes));
+  vec_validate (sort_arr, pool_elts (vip->as_indexes) - 1);
 
   i = 0;
   pool_foreach (as_index, vip->as_indexes) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/lb/lbhash.h b/src/plugins/lb/lbhash.h
index f822d79ded8..8253e9d52f0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lb/lbhash.h
+++ b/src/plugins/lb/lbhash.h
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ lb_hash_t *lb_hash_alloc(u32 buckets, u32 timeout)
       sizeof(lb_hash_bucket_t) * (buckets + 1);
   u8 *mem = 0;
   lb_hash_t *h;
-  vec_alloc_aligned(mem, size, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
-  clib_memset(mem, 0, size);
+  vec_validate_aligned (mem, size - 1, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
   h = (lb_hash_t *)mem;
   h->buckets_mask = (buckets - 1);
   h->timeout = timeout;