diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/bloomfilter/impls/BloomFilter.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/bloomfilter/impls/BloomFilter.java
index 6811e1b..fbece8b 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/bloomfilter/impls/BloomFilter.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/bloomfilter/impls/BloomFilter.java
@@ -217,16 +217,14 @@
                 throw new HyracksDataException("Cannot create a bloom filter with his huge number of pages.");
             }
             numPages = (int) tmp;
-            if (this.numElements > 0) {
-                persistBloomFilterMetaData();
-                readBloomFilterMetaData();
-                int currentPageId = 1;
-                while (currentPageId <= numPages) {
-                    ICachedPage page = bufferCache.pin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, currentPageId), true);
-                    page.acquireWriteLatch();
-                    bloomFilterPages.add(page);
-                    ++currentPageId;
-                }
+            persistBloomFilterMetaData();
+            readBloomFilterMetaData();
+            int currentPageId = 1;
+            while (currentPageId <= numPages) {
+                ICachedPage page = bufferCache.pin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, currentPageId), true);
+                page.acquireWriteLatch();
+                bloomFilterPages.add(page);
+                ++currentPageId;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/bloomfilter/impls/BloomFilterSpecification.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/bloomfilter/impls/BloomFilterSpecification.java
index a1e5517..0c5d7c8 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/bloomfilter/impls/BloomFilterSpecification.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/bloomfilter/impls/BloomFilterSpecification.java
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.bloomfilter.impls;
 
 public final class BloomFilterSpecification {
-    private final int numBucketsPerElement;
     private final int numHashes;
+    private final int numBucketsPerElement;
 
-    public BloomFilterSpecification(int numBucketsPerElement, int numHashes) {
-        this.numBucketsPerElement = numBucketsPerElement;
+    public BloomFilterSpecification(int numHashes, int numBucketsPerElement) {
         this.numHashes = numHashes;
+        this.numBucketsPerElement = numBucketsPerElement;
     }
 
     public int getNumBucketsPerElements() {
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@
     public int getNumHashes() {
         return numHashes;
     }
-}
+}
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