diff --git a/openstack/db/v1/databases/requests.go b/openstack/db/v1/databases/requests.go
index 812b193..18a0798 100644
--- a/openstack/db/v1/databases/requests.go
+++ b/openstack/db/v1/databases/requests.go
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@
 
 // ToDBCreateMap renders a JSON map for creating DBs.
 func (opts BatchCreateOpts) ToDBCreateMap() (map[string]interface{}, error) {
-	var dbs []map[string]string
-	for _, db := range opts {
+	dbs := make([]map[string]string, len(opts))
+	for i, db := range opts {
 		dbMap, err := db.ToMap()
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		dbs = append(dbs, dbMap)
+		dbs[i] = dbMap
 	}
 	return map[string]interface{}{"databases": dbs}, nil
 }
diff --git a/openstack/db/v1/users/requests.go b/openstack/db/v1/users/requests.go
index e0616db..7533fc4 100644
--- a/openstack/db/v1/users/requests.go
+++ b/openstack/db/v1/users/requests.go
@@ -60,10 +60,11 @@
 		user["host"] = opts.Host
 	}
 
-	var dbs []map[string]string
-	for _, db := range opts.Databases {
-		dbs = append(dbs, map[string]string{"name": db.Name})
+	dbs := make([]map[string]string, len(opts.Databases))
+	for i, db := range opts.Databases {
+		dbs[i] = map[string]string{"name": db.Name}
 	}
+
 	if len(dbs) > 0 {
 		user["databases"] = dbs
 	}
@@ -76,13 +77,13 @@
 
 // ToUserCreateMap will generate a JSON map.
 func (opts BatchCreateOpts) ToUserCreateMap() (map[string]interface{}, error) {
-	var users []map[string]interface{}
-	for _, opt := range opts {
+	users := make([]map[string]interface{}, len(opts))
+	for i, opt := range opts {
 		user, err := opt.ToMap()
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		users = append(users, user)
+		users[i] = user
 	}
 	return map[string]interface{}{"users": users}, nil
 }