diff --git a/src/storage/storage_util.c b/src/storage/storage_util.c
index 07dba222205e48a147aa4b026a94ed1e67da3456..b94b3f397c6875ad45e259a8cd807393f7c46172 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_util.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_util.c
@@ -2329,8 +2329,7 @@ virStorageBackendVolResizeLocal(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     bool pre_allocate = flags & VIR_STORAGE_VOL_RESIZE_ALLOCATE;
 
     if (vol->target.format == VIR_STORAGE_FILE_RAW) {
-        return virStorageFileResize(vol->target.path, capacity,
-                                    vol->target.allocation, pre_allocate);
+        return virStorageFileResize(vol->target.path, capacity, pre_allocate);
     } else if (vol->target.format == VIR_STORAGE_FILE_PLOOP) {
         return storagePloopResize(vol, capacity);
     } else {
diff --git a/src/util/virstoragefile.c b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
index b3da0a4528c044a121eaa8b6bbd5e8edf3975558..5df1ea0b8d679cf09777a165fe1e6ae3e296f07e 100644
--- a/src/util/virstoragefile.c
+++ b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
@@ -1315,17 +1315,11 @@ virStorageFileChainGetBroken(virStorageSourcePtr chain,
 int
 virStorageFileResize(const char *path,
                      unsigned long long capacity,
-                     unsigned long long orig_capacity,
                      bool pre_allocate)
 {
     int fd = -1;
     int ret = -1;
     int rc;
-    off_t offset ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED;
-    off_t len ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED;
-
-    offset = orig_capacity;
-    len = capacity - orig_capacity;
 
     if ((fd = open(path, O_RDWR)) < 0) {
         virReportSystemError(errno, _("Unable to open '%s'"), path);
@@ -1333,7 +1327,7 @@ virStorageFileResize(const char *path,
     }
 
     if (pre_allocate) {
-        if ((rc = virFileAllocate(fd, offset, len)) != 0) {
+        if ((rc = virFileAllocate(fd, 0, capacity)) != 0) {
             if (rc == -2) {
                 virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
                                _("preallocate is not supported on this platform"));
diff --git a/src/util/virstoragefile.h b/src/util/virstoragefile.h
index f7e897f25e824cf55aef0b826b049814cd1bc58a..1eb1c6471cd6946f18cfa76f94d088a37d7ecfc5 100644
--- a/src/util/virstoragefile.h
+++ b/src/util/virstoragefile.h
@@ -328,7 +328,6 @@ virStorageSourcePtr virStorageFileChainLookup(virStorageSourcePtr chain,
 
 int virStorageFileResize(const char *path,
                          unsigned long long capacity,
-                         unsigned long long orig_capacity,
                          bool pre_allocate);
 
 int virStorageFileIsClusterFS(const char *path);