diff --git a/src/basic/hashmap.c b/src/basic/hashmap.c
index cdc6847edf..c118289b99 100644
--- a/src/basic/hashmap.c
+++ b/src/basic/hashmap.c
@@ -845,6 +845,16 @@ int _set_ensure_allocated(Set **s, const struct hash_ops *hash_ops  HASHMAP_DEBU
         return hashmap_base_ensure_allocated((HashmapBase**)s, hash_ops, HASHMAP_TYPE_SET  HASHMAP_DEBUG_PASS_ARGS);
 }
 
+int _hashmap_ensure_put(Hashmap **h, const struct hash_ops *hash_ops, const void *key, void *value  HASHMAP_DEBUG_PARAMS) {
+        int r;
+
+        r = _hashmap_ensure_allocated(h, hash_ops  HASHMAP_DEBUG_PASS_ARGS);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        return hashmap_put(*h, key, value);
+}
+
 int _ordered_hashmap_ensure_put(OrderedHashmap **h, const struct hash_ops *hash_ops, const void *key, void *value  HASHMAP_DEBUG_PARAMS) {
         int r;
 
diff --git a/src/basic/hashmap.h b/src/basic/hashmap.h
index e99448375e..c20ee8eb4b 100644
--- a/src/basic/hashmap.h
+++ b/src/basic/hashmap.h
@@ -133,8 +133,11 @@ HashmapBase* _hashmap_copy(HashmapBase *h  HASHMAP_DEBUG_PARAMS);
 #define ordered_hashmap_copy(h) ((OrderedHashmap*) _hashmap_copy(HASHMAP_BASE(h)  HASHMAP_DEBUG_SRC_ARGS))
 
 int _hashmap_ensure_allocated(Hashmap **h, const struct hash_ops *hash_ops  HASHMAP_DEBUG_PARAMS);
+int _hashmap_ensure_put(Hashmap **h, const struct hash_ops *hash_ops, const void *key, void *value  HASHMAP_DEBUG_PARAMS);
 int _ordered_hashmap_ensure_allocated(OrderedHashmap **h, const struct hash_ops *hash_ops  HASHMAP_DEBUG_PARAMS);
+
 #define hashmap_ensure_allocated(h, ops) _hashmap_ensure_allocated(h, ops  HASHMAP_DEBUG_SRC_ARGS)
+#define hashmap_ensure_put(s, ops, key, value) _hashmap_ensure_put(s, ops, key, value  HASHMAP_DEBUG_SRC_ARGS)
 #define ordered_hashmap_ensure_allocated(h, ops) _ordered_hashmap_ensure_allocated(h, ops  HASHMAP_DEBUG_SRC_ARGS)
 
 int _ordered_hashmap_ensure_put(OrderedHashmap **h, const struct hash_ops *hash_ops, const void *key, void *value  HASHMAP_DEBUG_PARAMS);