diff --git a/util/flexcache.cc b/util/flexcache.cc
index d225726d..46e966c5 100644
--- a/util/flexcache.cc
+++ b/util/flexcache.cc
@@ -75,22 +75,24 @@ FlexCache::GetDBCacheCapacity(
     bool IsInternal)   //!< value describing cache attributes of caller
 {
     uint64_t ret_val, shared_total;
-    size_t user_count, internal_count, count;
+    size_t count, internal_count;
 
     // get count of database by type
-    user_count=DBList()->GetDBCount(false);
-    internal_count=DBList()->GetDBCount(true);
+    count=DBList()->GetDBCount(IsInternal);
+    if (IsInternal)
+        internal_count=count;
+    else
+        internal_count=DBList()->GetDBCount(true);
 
     // what is total memory assigned to a type
-    if (IsInternal && 0!=user_count)
+    if (IsInternal)
         shared_total=(m_TotalMemory*2)/10;  // integer *.2
-    else if (!IsInternal && 0!=internal_count)
+    else if (0!=internal_count)
         shared_total=(m_TotalMemory*8)/10;
-    else // no databases in "other" category
+    else // no internal database
         shared_total=m_TotalMemory;
 
     // split up type specific aggregate to "per database" value
-    count = (IsInternal ? internal_count : user_count);
     if (0!=count)
         ret_val=shared_total / count;
     else
diff --git a/util/flexcache_test.cc b/util/flexcache_test.cc
index 5554317f..a9fa8b42 100644
--- a/util/flexcache_test.cc
+++ b/util/flexcache_test.cc
@@ -179,10 +179,10 @@ TEST(FlexCacheTest, MixedSizing) {
     ASSERT_EQ(0, DBList()->GetDBCount(false));
     ASSERT_EQ(1, DBList()->GetDBCount(true));
     db[1]->GetProperty("leveldb.block-cache", &value);
-    ASSERT_EQ(552*1024*1024L, atoi(value.c_str()));
+    ASSERT_EQ(72*1024*1024L, atoi(value.c_str()));
 
     db[1]->GetProperty("leveldb.file-cache", &value);
-    ASSERT_EQ(550*1024*1024L, atoi(value.c_str()));
+    ASSERT_EQ(70*1024*1024L, atoi(value.c_str()));
 
     delete db[1];