diff --git a/util/options.cc b/util/options.cc
index ee20e78b91ad2e530df9409ccb2e8fc7bc6a0248..7f1520a74f9866a57d8f312923540f1061aaab95 100644
--- a/util/options.cc
+++ b/util/options.cc
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ ColumnFamilyOptions::ColumnFamilyOptions(const Options& options)
       max_successive_merges(options.max_successive_merges),
       min_partial_merge_operands(options.min_partial_merge_operands) {
   assert(memtable_factory.get() != nullptr);
+  if (max_bytes_for_level_multiplier_additional.size() < num_levels) {
+    max_bytes_for_level_multiplier_additional.resize(num_levels, 1);
+  }
 }
 
 DBOptions::DBOptions()