diff --git a/src/xrpld/nodestore/detail/DatabaseNodeImp.cpp b/src/xrpld/nodestore/detail/DatabaseNodeImp.cpp
index dff61c609d..57f4dc58f6 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/nodestore/detail/DatabaseNodeImp.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/nodestore/detail/DatabaseNodeImp.cpp
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ DatabaseNodeImp::fetchBatch(std::vector<uint256> const& hashes)
     using namespace std::chrono;
     auto const before = steady_clock::now();
 
-    std::vector<uint256 const*> batch;
+    std::vector<uint256 const*> batch{hashes.size()};
     for (size_t i = 0; i < hashes.size(); ++i)
     {
         auto const& hash = hashes[i];