diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/adouble/DoubleSketch.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/adouble/DoubleSketch.java
index 8159886d9..92e2cbe98 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/adouble/DoubleSketch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/adouble/DoubleSketch.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class DoubleSketch extends UpdatableSketch<Double, DoubleSummary> {
    * @param mode The DoubleSummary mode to be used
    */
   public DoubleSketch(final int lgK, final DoubleSummary.Mode mode) {
-    this(1 << lgK, ResizeFactor.X8.ordinal(), 1.0F, mode);
+    this(lgK, ResizeFactor.X8.ordinal(), 1.0F, mode);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/aninteger/IntegerSketch.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/aninteger/IntegerSketch.java
index 394cc341d..03ca7d093 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/aninteger/IntegerSketch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/tuple/aninteger/IntegerSketch.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class IntegerSketch extends UpdatableSketch<Integer, IntegerSummary> {
    * @param mode The IntegerSummary mode to be used
    */
   public IntegerSketch(final int lgK, final IntegerSummary.Mode mode) {
-    this(1 << lgK, ResizeFactor.X8.ordinal(), 1.0F, mode);
+    this(lgK, ResizeFactor.X8.ordinal(), 1.0F, mode);
   }
 
   /**