1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/cuckoocache.h b/src/cuckoocache.h
index df320ed465..8370179395 100644
--- a/src/cuckoocache.h
+++ b/src/cuckoocache.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <cstring>
 #include <limits>
 #include <memory>
-#include <optional>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -360,16 +359,15 @@ public:
      * structure
      * @returns A pair of the maximum number of elements storable (see setup()
      * documentation for more detail) and the approximate total size of these
-     * elements in bytes or std::nullopt if the size requested is too large.
+     * elements in bytes.
      */
-    std::optional<std::pair<uint32_t, size_t>> setup_bytes(size_t bytes)
+    std::pair<uint32_t, size_t> setup_bytes(size_t bytes)
     {
-        size_t requested_num_elems = bytes / sizeof(Element);
-        if (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max() < requested_num_elems) {
-            return std::nullopt;
-        }
+        uint32_t requested_num_elems(std::min<size_t>(
+            bytes / sizeof(Element),
+            std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max()));
 
-        auto num_elems = setup(bytes/sizeof(Element));
+        auto num_elems = setup(requested_num_elems);
 
         size_t approx_size_bytes = num_elems * sizeof(Element);
         return std::make_pair(num_elems, approx_size_bytes);