diff --git a/src/ring.c b/src/ring.c
index c2668afec..6abbe2caf 100644
--- a/src/ring.c
+++ b/src/ring.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ struct ring *ring_resize(struct ring *ring, size_t size)
 {
 	struct ring_storage *new;
 
-	if (size <= ring_size(ring) + sizeof(*ring->storage))
+	if (size <= ring_data(ring) + sizeof(*ring->storage))
 		return ring;
 
 	new = malloc(size);
@@ -124,9 +124,8 @@ struct ring *ring_resize(struct ring *ring, size_t size)
 
 	thread_isolate();
 
-	/* recheck the buffer's size, it may have changed during the malloc */
-
-	if (size > ring_size(ring) + sizeof(*ring->storage)) {
+	/* recheck the ring's size, it may have changed during the malloc */
+	if (size > ring_data(ring) + sizeof(*ring->storage)) {
 		/* copy old contents */
 		new->buf = b_make(new->area, size - sizeof(*ring->storage), 0, 0);
 		b_getblk(&ring->storage->buf, new->area, ring_data(ring), 0);
diff --git a/src/sink.c b/src/sink.c
index 897f6766f..7225ddd7f 100644
--- a/src/sink.c
+++ b/src/sink.c
@@ -907,9 +907,9 @@ int cfg_parse_ring(const char *file, int linenum, char **args, int kwm)
 			goto err;
 		}
 
-		if (size < ring_size(cfg_sink->ctx.ring)) {
-			ha_warning("parsing [%s:%d] : ignoring new size '%llu' that is smaller than current size '%llu' for ring '%s'.\n",
-				   file, linenum, (ullong)size, (ullong)ring_size(cfg_sink->ctx.ring), cfg_sink->name);
+		if (size < ring_data(cfg_sink->ctx.ring)) {
+			ha_warning("parsing [%s:%d] : ignoring new size '%llu' that is smaller than contents '%llu' for ring '%s'.\n",
+				   file, linenum, (ullong)size, (ullong)ring_data(cfg_sink->ctx.ring), cfg_sink->name);
 			err_code |= ERR_WARN;
 			goto err;
 		}