diff --git a/contrib/pg_stat_statements/pg_stat_statements.c b/contrib/pg_stat_statements/pg_stat_statements.c
index cea84ee..656afc3 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_stat_statements/pg_stat_statements.c
+++ b/contrib/pg_stat_statements/pg_stat_statements.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ pgss_shmem_startup(void)
 	info.hash = pgss_hash_fn;
 	info.match = pgss_match_fn;
 	pgss_hash = ShmemInitHash("pg_stat_statements hash",
-							  pgss_max, pgss_max,
+							  pgss_max,
 							  &info,
 							  HASH_ELEM | HASH_FUNCTION | HASH_COMPARE);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/buffer/buf_table.c b/src/backend/storage/buffer/buf_table.c
index 6ed47d5..3d5aec7 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/buffer/buf_table.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/buffer/buf_table.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ InitBufTable(int size)
 	info.num_partitions = NUM_BUFFER_PARTITIONS;
 
 	SharedBufHash = ShmemInitHash("Shared Buffer Lookup Table",
-								  size, size,
+								  size,
 								  &info,
 								  HASH_ELEM | HASH_BLOBS | HASH_PARTITION);
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/shmem.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/shmem.c
index d361dbb..7c254ec 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/shmem.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/shmem.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ InitShmemIndex(void)
 	hash_flags = HASH_ELEM;
 
 	ShmemIndex = ShmemInitHash("ShmemIndex",
-							   SHMEM_INDEX_SIZE, SHMEM_INDEX_SIZE,
+							   SHMEM_INDEX_SIZE,
 							   &info, hash_flags);
 }
 
@@ -255,17 +255,12 @@ InitShmemIndex(void)
  * exceeded substantially (since it's used to compute directory size and
  * the hash table buckets will get overfull).
  *
- * init_size is the number of hashtable entries to preallocate.  For a table
- * whose maximum size is certain, this should be equal to max_size; that
- * ensures that no run-time out-of-shared-memory failures can occur.
- *
  * Note: before Postgres 9.0, this function returned NULL for some failure
  * cases.  Now, it always throws error instead, so callers need not check
  * for NULL.
  */
 HTAB *
 ShmemInitHash(const char *name, /* table string name for shmem index */
-			  long init_size,	/* initial table size XXX ignored, refactor! */
 			  long max_size,	/* max size of the table */
 			  HASHCTL *infoP,	/* info about key and bucket size */
 			  int hash_flags)	/* info about infoP */
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/lock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/lock.c
index 76fc615..378b54a 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/lock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/lock.c
@@ -373,8 +373,7 @@ void
 InitLocks(void)
 {
 	HASHCTL		info;
-	long		init_table_size,
-				max_table_size;
+	long		max_table_size;
 	bool		found;
 
 	/*
@@ -382,7 +381,6 @@ InitLocks(void)
 	 * calculations must agree with LockShmemSize!
 	 */
 	max_table_size = NLOCKENTS();
-	init_table_size = max_table_size / 2;
 
 	/*
 	 * Allocate hash table for LOCK structs.  This stores per-locked-object
@@ -394,14 +392,12 @@ InitLocks(void)
 	info.num_partitions = NUM_LOCK_PARTITIONS;
 
 	LockMethodLockHash = ShmemInitHash("LOCK hash",
-									   init_table_size,
 									   max_table_size,
 									   &info,
 									HASH_ELEM | HASH_BLOBS | HASH_PARTITION);
 
 	/* Assume an average of 2 holders per lock */
 	max_table_size *= 2;
-	init_table_size *= 2;
 
 	/*
 	 * Allocate hash table for PROCLOCK structs.  This stores
@@ -413,7 +409,6 @@ InitLocks(void)
 	info.num_partitions = NUM_LOCK_PARTITIONS;
 
 	LockMethodProcLockHash = ShmemInitHash("PROCLOCK hash",
-										   init_table_size,
 										   max_table_size,
 										   &info,
 								 HASH_ELEM | HASH_FUNCTION | HASH_PARTITION);
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/predicate.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/predicate.c
index 4b4ad81..7898d81 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/predicate.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/predicate.c
@@ -1116,7 +1116,6 @@ InitPredicateLocks(void)
 
 	PredicateLockTargetHash = ShmemInitHash("PREDICATELOCKTARGET hash",
 											max_table_size,
-											max_table_size,
 											&info,
 											HASH_ELEM | HASH_BLOBS |
 											HASH_PARTITION | HASH_FIXED_SIZE);
@@ -1144,7 +1143,6 @@ InitPredicateLocks(void)
 
 	PredicateLockHash = ShmemInitHash("PREDICATELOCK hash",
 									  max_table_size,
-									  max_table_size,
 									  &info,
 									  HASH_ELEM | HASH_FUNCTION |
 									  HASH_PARTITION | HASH_FIXED_SIZE);
@@ -1225,7 +1223,6 @@ InitPredicateLocks(void)
 
 	SerializableXidHash = ShmemInitHash("SERIALIZABLEXID hash",
 										max_table_size,
-										max_table_size,
 										&info,
 										HASH_ELEM | HASH_BLOBS |
 										HASH_FIXED_SIZE);
diff --git a/src/include/storage/shmem.h b/src/include/storage/shmem.h
index c94d620..a361302 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/shmem.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/shmem.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extern void InitShmemAllocation(void);
 extern void *ShmemAlloc(Size size);
 extern bool ShmemAddrIsValid(const void *addr);
 extern void InitShmemIndex(void);
-extern HTAB *ShmemInitHash(const char *name, long init_size, long max_size,
+extern HTAB *ShmemInitHash(const char *name, long max_size,
 			  HASHCTL *infoP, int hash_flags);
 extern void *ShmemInitStruct(const char *name, Size size, bool *foundPtr);
 extern Size add_size(Size s1, Size s2);