diff --git a/core/palloc.c b/core/palloc.c
index ee82319c10c8ca92ee0619d57fc143abf2c12705..874fa9c199b290671d1722f073c161838dc767a2 100644
--- a/core/palloc.c
+++ b/core/palloc.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ palloc(struct palloc_pool *restrict pool, size_t size)
 
 	pool->allocated += rz_size;
 
-	if (likely(chunk->free >= rz_size)) {
+	if (likely(chunk != NULL && chunk->free >= rz_size)) {
 		ptr = chunk->brk;
 		chunk->brk += rz_size;
 		chunk->free -= rz_size;
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ prelease(struct palloc_pool *pool)
 	SLIST_INIT(&pool->chunks);
 	VALGRIND_MEMPOOL_TRIM(pool, NULL, 0);
 	pool->allocated = 0;
-	next_chunk_for(pool, 128);
 }
 
 void
@@ -298,7 +297,7 @@ prelease_after(struct palloc_pool *pool, size_t after)
 }
 
 struct palloc_pool *
-palloc_create_pool2(const char *name, size_t initial_size)
+palloc_create_pool(const char *name)
 {
 	struct palloc_pool *pool = malloc(sizeof(struct palloc_pool));
 	assert(pool != NULL);
@@ -306,19 +305,10 @@ palloc_create_pool2(const char *name, size_t initial_size)
 	pool->name = name;
 	SLIST_INIT(&pool->chunks);
 	SLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&pools, pool, link);
-	if (initial_size < 128)
-		initial_size = 128;
-	next_chunk_for(pool, initial_size);
 	VALGRIND_CREATE_MEMPOOL(pool, PALLOC_REDZONE, 0);
 	return pool;
 }
 
-struct palloc_pool *
-palloc_create_pool(const char *name)
-{
-	return palloc_create_pool2(name, 128);
-}
-
 void
 palloc_destroy(struct palloc_pool *pool)
 {
diff --git a/include/palloc.h b/include/palloc.h
index b33a4724cc12fc3394b34e0529246fb7e77d0d95..41a03ce67936786be6294a5323b70627f80652b4 100644
--- a/include/palloc.h
+++ b/include/palloc.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ void *p0alloc(struct palloc_pool *pool, size_t size) __regparm2__;
 void *palloca(struct palloc_pool *pool, size_t size, size_t align);
 void prelease(struct palloc_pool *pool);
 void prelease_after(struct palloc_pool *pool, size_t after);
-struct palloc_pool *palloc_create_pool2(const char *name, size_t initial_size);
 struct palloc_pool *palloc_create_pool(const char *name);
 void palloc_destroy(struct palloc_pool *);
 const char *palloc_name(struct palloc_pool *, const char *);