diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_cache.c b/sys/kern/vfs_cache.c
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_cache.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_cache.c
@@ -2773,7 +2773,7 @@
 
 	ncsize = desiredvnodes * ncsizefactor;
 	cache_recalc_neg_min();
-	nchashtbl = nchinittbl(desiredvnodes * 2, &nchash);
+	nchashtbl = nchinittbl(ncsize, &nchash);
 	ncbuckethash = cache_roundup_2(mp_ncpus * mp_ncpus) - 1;
 	if (ncbuckethash < 7) /* arbitrarily chosen to avoid having one lock */
 		ncbuckethash = 7;