diff --git a/src/pulsecore/hashmap.c b/src/pulsecore/hashmap.c
index 2cddba1d5..6e0e6b028 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/hashmap.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/hashmap.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 #include "hashmap.h"
 
-#define BUCKETS 1023
+#define BUCKETS 127
 
 struct hashmap_entry {
     struct hashmap_entry *next, *previous, *bucket_next, *bucket_previous;
diff --git a/src/pulsecore/idxset.c b/src/pulsecore/idxset.c
index ddce623a2..d3aec2dea 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/idxset.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/idxset.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ pa_idxset* pa_idxset_new(unsigned (*hash_func) (const void *p), int (*compare_fu
     s = pa_xnew(pa_idxset, 1);
     s->hash_func = hash_func ? hash_func : pa_idxset_trivial_hash_func;
     s->compare_func = compare_func ? compare_func : pa_idxset_trivial_compare_func;
-    s->hash_table_size = 1023;
+    s->hash_table_size = 127;
     s->hash_table = pa_xmalloc0(sizeof(idxset_entry*)*s->hash_table_size);
     s->array = NULL;
     s->array_size = 0;