diff --git a/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/DocValuesConsumer.java b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/DocValuesConsumer.java
index 75d8cf6e623..b2e89456448 100644
--- a/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/DocValuesConsumer.java
+++ b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/DocValuesConsumer.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import org.apache.lucene.index.MergeState;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.values.IndexDocValues;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.values.PerDocFieldValues;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.Bits;
-import org.apache.lucene.util.Counter;
 
 /**
  * Abstract API that consumes {@link PerDocFieldValues}.
@@ -36,20 +35,6 @@ import org.apache.lucene.util.Counter;
  */
 public abstract class DocValuesConsumer {
 
-  protected final Counter bytesUsed;
-
-  /**
-   * Creates a new {@link DocValuesConsumer}.
-   * 
-   * @param bytesUsed
-   *          bytes-usage tracking reference used by implementation to track
-   *          internally allocated memory. All tracked bytes must be released
-   *          once {@link #finish(int)} has been called.
-   */
-  protected DocValuesConsumer(Counter bytesUsed) {
-    this.bytesUsed = bytesUsed == null ? Counter.newCounter() : bytesUsed;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Adds the given {@link PerDocFieldValues} instance to this
    * {@link DocValuesConsumer}
diff --git a/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/lucene40/values/Writer.java b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/lucene40/values/Writer.java
index 53173fc3fdc..7aae0f0f6fc 100644
--- a/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/lucene40/values/Writer.java
+++ b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/lucene40/values/Writer.java
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ import org.apache.lucene.util.Counter;
  */
 public abstract class Writer extends DocValuesConsumer {
   protected Source currentMergeSource;
+  protected final Counter bytesUsed;
+
   /**
    * Creates a new {@link Writer}.
    * 
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ public abstract class Writer extends DocValuesConsumer {
    *          once {@link #finish(int)} has been called.
    */
   protected Writer(Counter bytesUsed) {
-    super(bytesUsed);
+    this.bytesUsed = bytesUsed;
   }
 
   /**