diff --git a/lib/node.cpp b/lib/node.cpp
index b28de4420..a8fc2a0b9 100644
--- a/lib/node.cpp
+++ b/lib/node.cpp
@@ -544,10 +544,11 @@ char * node_name_long(struct vnode *n)
 		char uuid[37];
 		uuid_unparse(n->uuid, uuid);
 
-		strcatf(&n->_name_long, "%s: uuid=%s, #in.signals=%zu, #out.signals=%zu, #in.hooks=%zu, #out.hooks=%zu, in.vectorize=%d, out.vectorize=%d",
+		strcatf(&n->_name_long, "%s: uuid=%s, #in.signals=%zu(%zu), #out.signals=%zu(%zu), #in.hooks=%zu, #out.hooks=%zu, in.vectorize=%d, out.vectorize=%d",
 			node_name(n), uuid,
-			vlist_length(&n->in.signals), vlist_length(&n->out.signals),
-			vlist_length(&n->in.hooks),   vlist_length(&n->out.hooks),
+			vlist_length(&n->in.signals),  vlist_length(node_input_signals(n)),
+			vlist_length(&n->out.signals), vlist_length(node_output_signals(n)),
+			vlist_length(&n->in.hooks),    vlist_length(&n->out.hooks),
 			n->in.vectorize, n->out.vectorize
 		);
 
diff --git a/lib/path.cpp b/lib/path.cpp
index 9702404a7..451b90cca 100644
--- a/lib/path.cpp
+++ b/lib/path.cpp
@@ -345,12 +345,6 @@ int path_prepare(struct vpath *p, NodeList &nodes)
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	/* Prepare pool */
-	pool_size = MAX(1UL, vlist_length(&p->destinations)) * p->queuelen;
-	ret = pool_init(&p->pool, pool_size, SAMPLE_LENGTH(vlist_length(&p->signals)), pool_mt);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	/* Autodetect whether to use original sequence numbers or not */
 	if (p->original_sequence_no == -1)
 		p->original_sequence_no = vlist_length(&p->sources) == 1;
@@ -373,12 +367,19 @@ int path_prepare(struct vpath *p, NodeList &nodes)
 	}
 
 #ifdef WITH_HOOKS
+	/* Prepare path hooks */
 	int m = p->builtin ? (int) Hook::Flags::PATH | (int) Hook::Flags::BUILTIN : 0;
 
 	/* Add internal hooks if they are not already in the list */
 	hook_list_prepare(&p->hooks, &p->signals, m, p, nullptr);
 #endif /* WITH_HOOKS */
 
+	/* Prepare pool */
+	pool_size = MAX(1UL, vlist_length(&p->destinations)) * p->queuelen;
+	ret = pool_init(&p->pool, pool_size, SAMPLE_LENGTH(vlist_length(path_output_signals(p))), pool_mt);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	p->logger->info("Prepared path {} with {} output signals", path_name(p), vlist_length(path_output_signals(p)));
 	signal_list_dump(p->logger, path_output_signals(p));
 
@@ -588,11 +589,12 @@ int path_start(struct vpath *p)
 			break;
 	}
 
-	p->logger->info("Starting path {}: #signals={}, #hooks={}, #sources={}, "
+	p->logger->info("Starting path {}: #signals={}({}), #hooks={}, #sources={}, "
 	                "#destinations={}, mode={}, poll={}, mask={:b}, rate={}, "
 	                "enabled={}, reversed={}, queuelen={}, original_sequence_no={}",
 		path_name(p),
 		vlist_length(&p->signals),
+		vlist_length(path_output_signals(p)),
 		vlist_length(&p->hooks),
 		vlist_length(&p->sources),
 		vlist_length(&p->destinations),
diff --git a/lib/path_source.cpp b/lib/path_source.cpp
index ffbe81292..58d20f59c 100644
--- a/lib/path_source.cpp
+++ b/lib/path_source.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int path_source_init_master(struct vpath_source *ps, struct vnode *n)
 	if (ps->node->_vt->pool_size)
 		pool_size = ps->node->_vt->pool_size;
 
-	ret = pool_init(&ps->pool, pool_size, SAMPLE_LENGTH(vlist_length(&ps->node->in.signals)), node_memory_type(ps->node));
+	ret = pool_init(&ps->pool, pool_size, SAMPLE_LENGTH(vlist_length(node_input_signals(ps->node))), node_memory_type(ps->node));
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;