diff --git a/src/journal/journal-authenticate.c b/src/journal/journal-authenticate.c
index 93cc9d94a1..435481000d 100644
--- a/src/journal/journal-authenticate.c
+++ b/src/journal/journal-authenticate.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ int journal_file_fss_load(JournalFile *f) {
                 goto finish;
         }
 
-        if (le64toh(m->fsprg_state_size) != FSPRG_stateinbytes(m->fsprg_secpar)) {
+        if (le64toh(m->fsprg_state_size) != FSPRG_stateinbytes(le16toh(m->fsprg_secpar))) {
                 r = -EBADMSG;
                 goto finish;
         }
diff --git a/src/journal/journal-verify.c b/src/journal/journal-verify.c
index a76384bdb2..29a9229e53 100644
--- a/src/journal/journal-verify.c
+++ b/src/journal/journal-verify.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
  * - evolve key even if nothing happened in regular intervals
  *
  * - check with sparse
- * - 64bit conversions
  *
  * */