diff --git a/src/dc_array.rs b/src/dc_array.rs
index 7bff7823f..a378e4740 100644
--- a/src/dc_array.rs
+++ b/src/dc_array.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ impl dc_array_t {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Constructs a new, empty `dc_array_t` holding locations with specified `capacity`.
+    pub fn new_locations(capacity: usize) -> Self {
+        dc_array_t {
+            type_0: DC_ARRAY_LOCATIONS,
+            array: Vec::with_capacity(capacity),
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn as_ptr(self) -> *mut Self {
         Box::into_raw(Box::new(self))
     }
@@ -255,10 +263,8 @@ pub fn dc_array_new(initsize: size_t) -> *mut dc_array_t {
     dc_array_t::new(initsize).as_ptr()
 }
 
-pub fn dc_array_new_typed(type_0: libc::c_int, initsize: size_t) -> *mut dc_array_t {
-    let mut array = dc_array_t::new(initsize);
-    array.type_0 = type_0;
-    array.as_ptr()
+pub fn dc_array_new_locations(initsize: size_t) -> *mut dc_array_t {
+    dc_array_t::new_locations(initsize).as_ptr()
 }
 
 pub unsafe fn dc_array_empty(array: *mut dc_array_t) {
diff --git a/src/dc_location.rs b/src/dc_location.rs
index de15713e7..b529ad123 100644
--- a/src/dc_location.rs
+++ b/src/dc_location.rs
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ pub fn dc_get_locations(
                 Ok(loc)
             },
             |locations| {
-                let ret = dc_array_new_typed(1, 500);
+                let ret = dc_array_new_locations(500);
 
                 for location in locations {
                     unsafe {
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ pub unsafe fn dc_kml_parse(
     } else {
         content_nullterminated = dc_null_terminate(content, content_bytes as libc::c_int);
         if !content_nullterminated.is_null() {
-            kml.locations = dc_array_new_typed(1, 100 as size_t);
+            kml.locations = dc_array_new_locations(100);
             dc_saxparser_init(
                 &mut saxparser,
                 &mut kml as *mut dc_kml_t as *mut libc::c_void,