diff --git a/src/poolable.rs b/src/poolable.rs
index 23fd0cc..320036f 100644
--- a/src/poolable.rs
+++ b/src/poolable.rs
@@ -41,11 +41,21 @@ impl<T: Default + Clone> Realloc for Vec<T> {
         use std::cmp::Ordering::*;
 
         assert!(new_size > 0);
-        match new_size.cmp(&self.capacity()) {
-            Greater => self.resize(new_size, T::default()),
+        match new_size.cmp(&self.len()) {
+            Greater => {
+                self.reserve_exact(new_size - self.len());
+                debug_assert_eq!(self.capacity(), new_size);
+                self.resize(new_size, T::default());
+                debug_assert_eq!(self.len(), new_size);
+
+                // Check that resize() did not reserve additional space.
+                debug_assert_eq!(self.capacity(), new_size);
+            }
             Less => {
                 self.truncate(new_size);
+                debug_assert_eq!(self.len(), new_size);
                 self.shrink_to_fit();
+                debug_assert_eq!(self.capacity(), new_size);
             }
             Equal => {}
         }
@@ -74,3 +84,31 @@ where
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// Regression test for `Realloc` trait implementation of `Vec`.
+    ///
+    /// Previously `Realloc::realloc()` called `self.capacity()` instead
+    /// of `self.len()` when checking whether the vector should be expanded.
+    /// As a result, it sometimes attempted to shrink the vector
+    /// when it should be expanded, and effectively did nothing.
+    #[test]
+    fn realloc_vec() {
+        let mut v: Vec<u8> = Poolable::alloc(100);
+
+        for i in 1..100 {
+            let new_size = Poolable::capacity(&v) + i;
+            v.realloc(new_size);
+            assert_eq!(Poolable::capacity(&v), new_size);
+
+            // Length of the vectory and underlying buffer
+            // for poolable vectors should
+            // be exactly of the requested size.
+            assert_eq!(v.len(), new_size);
+            assert_eq!(v.capacity(), new_size);
+        }
+    }
+}