diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc b/libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc
index d7ac7134..f51b12bc 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc
@@ -2077,8 +2077,8 @@ void
 QPDFWriter::initializeTables(size_t extra)
 {
     auto size = QIntC::to_size(QPDF::Writer::tableSize(m->pdf) + 100) + extra;
-    m->obj.initialize(size);
-    m->new_obj.initialize(size);
+    m->obj.resize(size);
+    m->new_obj.resize(size);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/libqpdf/qpdf/ObjTable.hh b/libqpdf/qpdf/ObjTable.hh
index a1790c55..dd762214 100644
--- a/libqpdf/qpdf/ObjTable.hh
+++ b/libqpdf/qpdf/ObjTable.hh
@@ -99,15 +99,6 @@ class ObjTable: public std::vector<T>
         return element(id);
     }
 
-    void
-    initialize(size_t idx)
-    {
-        if (std::vector<T>::size() > 0 || !sparse_elements.empty()) {
-            throw ::std::logic_error("ObjTable accessed before initialization");
-        }
-        resize(++idx);
-    }
-
     void
     resize(size_t a_size)
     {
diff --git a/libtests/obj_table.cc b/libtests/obj_table.cc
index 5e83beb6..96ca9fb1 100644
--- a/libtests/obj_table.cc
+++ b/libtests/obj_table.cc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class Table: public ObjTable<Test>
   public:
     Table()
     {
-        initialize(5);
+        resize(5);
     }
 
     void
@@ -20,9 +20,19 @@ class Table: public ObjTable<Test>
             (*this)[i].value = 2 * i;
             (*this)[1000 + i].value = 2 * (1000 + i);
         }
+        for (int i: {50, 60, 70, 98, 99, 100, 101, 150, 198, 199, 200, 201}) {
+            (*this)[i].value = 2 * i;
+        }
+        resize(100);
+        for (int i: {1, 99, 100, 105, 110, 120, 220}) {
+            (*this)[i].value = 3 * i;
+        }
+        resize(200);
 
         forEach([](auto i, auto const& item) -> void {
-            std::cout << std::to_string(i) << " : " << std::to_string(item.value) << "\n";
+            if (item.value) {
+                std::cout << std::to_string(i) << " : " << std::to_string(item.value) << "\n";
+            }
         });
 
         std::cout << "2000 : " << std::to_string((*this)[2000].value) << "\n";
diff --git a/libtests/qtest/obj_table/obj_table.out b/libtests/qtest/obj_table/obj_table.out
index 617e3411..6454c26b 100644
--- a/libtests/qtest/obj_table/obj_table.out
+++ b/libtests/qtest/obj_table/obj_table.out
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-0 : 0
-1 : 2
+1 : 3
 2 : 4
 3 : 6
 4 : 8
@@ -8,6 +7,22 @@
 7 : 14
 8 : 16
 9 : 18
+50 : 100
+60 : 120
+70 : 140
+98 : 196
+99 : 297
+100 : 300
+101 : 202
+105 : 315
+110 : 330
+120 : 360
+150 : 300
+198 : 396
+199 : 398
+200 : 400
+201 : 402
+220 : 660
 1000 : 2000
 1001 : 2002
 1002 : 2004