diff --git a/lib/rhashtable.c b/lib/rhashtable.c
index 0183d07a9b4ddf6058a596cb639fa938a9e1ca66..e5c8586cf7174cfe0526dc8fb3314676601c5e57 100644
--- a/lib/rhashtable.c
+++ b/lib/rhashtable.c
@@ -964,8 +964,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rhashtable_walk_stop);
 
 static size_t rounded_hashtable_size(const struct rhashtable_params *params)
 {
-	return max(roundup_pow_of_two(params->nelem_hint * 4 / 3),
-		   (unsigned long)params->min_size);
+	size_t retsize;
+
+	if (params->nelem_hint)
+		retsize = max(roundup_pow_of_two(params->nelem_hint * 4 / 3),
+			      (unsigned long)params->min_size);
+	else
+		retsize = max(HASH_DEFAULT_SIZE,
+			      (unsigned long)params->min_size);
+
+	return retsize;
 }
 
 static u32 rhashtable_jhash2(const void *key, u32 length, u32 seed)
@@ -1022,8 +1030,6 @@ int rhashtable_init(struct rhashtable *ht,
 	struct bucket_table *tbl;
 	size_t size;
 
-	size = HASH_DEFAULT_SIZE;
-
 	if ((!params->key_len && !params->obj_hashfn) ||
 	    (params->obj_hashfn && !params->obj_cmpfn))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1050,8 +1056,7 @@ int rhashtable_init(struct rhashtable *ht,
 
 	ht->p.min_size = max_t(u16, ht->p.min_size, HASH_MIN_SIZE);
 
-	if (params->nelem_hint)
-		size = rounded_hashtable_size(&ht->p);
+	size = rounded_hashtable_size(&ht->p);
 
 	if (params->locks_mul)
 		ht->p.locks_mul = roundup_pow_of_two(params->locks_mul);