diff --git a/src/LinearMath/btAlignedObjectArray.h b/src/LinearMath/btAlignedObjectArray.h
index 24e59ab65..db1864803 100644
--- a/src/LinearMath/btAlignedObjectArray.h
+++ b/src/LinearMath/btAlignedObjectArray.h
@@ -202,24 +202,16 @@ protected:
 		///when the new number of elements is smaller, the destructor will be called, but memory will not be freed, to reduce performance overhead of run-time memory (de)allocations.
 		SIMD_FORCE_INLINE	void	resizeNoInitialize(int newsize)
 		{
-			int curSize = size();
-
-			if (newsize < curSize)
+			if (newsize > size())
 			{
-			} else
-			{
-				if (newsize > size())
-				{
-					reserve(newsize);
-				}
-				//leave this uninitialized
+				reserve(newsize);
 			}
 			m_size = newsize;
 		}
 	
 		SIMD_FORCE_INLINE	void	resize(int newsize, const T& fillData=T())
 		{
-			int curSize = size();
+			const register int curSize = size();
 
 			if (newsize < curSize)
 			{
@@ -229,7 +221,7 @@ protected:
 				}
 			} else
 			{
-				if (newsize > size())
+				if (newsize > curSize)
 				{
 					reserve(newsize);
 				}
@@ -246,7 +238,7 @@ protected:
 		}
 		SIMD_FORCE_INLINE	T&  expandNonInitializing( )
 		{	
-			int sz = size();
+			const register int sz = size();
 			if( sz == capacity() )
 			{
 				reserve( allocSize(size()) );
@@ -259,7 +251,7 @@ protected:
 
 		SIMD_FORCE_INLINE	T&  expand( const T& fillValue=T())
 		{	
-			int sz = size();
+			const register int sz = size();
 			if( sz == capacity() )
 			{
 				reserve( allocSize(size()) );
@@ -275,7 +267,7 @@ protected:
 
 		SIMD_FORCE_INLINE	void push_back(const T& _Val)
 		{	
-			int sz = size();
+			const register int sz = size();
 			if( sz == capacity() )
 			{
 				reserve( allocSize(size()) );