diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/cache/Cache.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/cache/Cache.java
index 004f5388557..d39b609e7ea 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/cache/Cache.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/cache/Cache.java
@@ -504,37 +504,37 @@ public class Cache<K, V> {
      * @return the current cache statistics
      */
     public CacheStats stats() {
-        int hits = 0;
-        int misses = 0;
-        int evictions = 0;
+        long hits = 0;
+        long misses = 0;
+        long evictions = 0;
         for (int i = 0; i < segments.length; i++) {
-            hits += segments[i].segmentStats.hits.intValue();
-            misses += segments[i].segmentStats.misses.intValue();
-            evictions += segments[i].segmentStats.evictions.intValue();
+            hits += segments[i].segmentStats.hits.longValue();
+            misses += segments[i].segmentStats.misses.longValue();
+            evictions += segments[i].segmentStats.evictions.longValue();
         }
         return new CacheStats(hits, misses, evictions);
     }
 
     public static class CacheStats {
-        private int hits;
-        private int misses;
-        private int evictions;
+        private long hits;
+        private long misses;
+        private long evictions;
 
-        public CacheStats(int hits, int misses, int evictions) {
+        public CacheStats(long hits, long misses, long evictions) {
             this.hits = hits;
             this.misses = misses;
             this.evictions = evictions;
         }
 
-        public int getHits() {
+        public long getHits() {
             return hits;
         }
 
-        public int getMisses() {
+        public long getMisses() {
             return misses;
         }
 
-        public int getEvictions() {
+        public long getEvictions() {
             return evictions;
         }
     }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/cache/CacheTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/cache/CacheTests.java
index 5f8c44660a2..d1481a5ad5b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/cache/CacheTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/cache/CacheTests.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import org.junit.Before;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReferenceArray;
 
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ public class CacheTests extends ESTestCase {
 
     // cache some entries, then randomly lookup keys that do not exist, then check the stats
     public void testCacheStats() {
-        AtomicInteger evictions = new AtomicInteger();
+        AtomicLong evictions = new AtomicLong();
         Set<Integer> keys = new HashSet<>();
         Cache<Integer, String> cache =
                 CacheBuilder.<Integer, String>builder()
@@ -59,9 +58,9 @@ public class CacheTests extends ESTestCase {
             keys.add(i);
             cache.put(i, Integer.toString(i));
         }
-        int hits = 0;
-        int misses = 0;
-        int missingKey = 0;
+        long hits = 0;
+        long misses = 0;
+        Integer missingKey = 0;
         for (Integer key : keys) {
             --missingKey;
             if (rarely()) {
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ public class CacheTests extends ESTestCase {
         }
         assertEquals(hits, cache.stats().getHits());
         assertEquals(misses, cache.stats().getMisses());
-        assertEquals((int) Math.ceil(numberOfEntries / 2.0), evictions.get());
+        assertEquals((long) Math.ceil(numberOfEntries / 2.0), evictions.get());
         assertEquals(evictions.get(), cache.stats().getEvictions());
     }
 
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ public class CacheTests extends ESTestCase {
     // for each batch
     public void testCacheEvictions() {
         int maximumWeight = randomIntBetween(1, numberOfEntries);
-        AtomicInteger evictions = new AtomicInteger();
+        AtomicLong evictions = new AtomicLong();
         List<Integer> evictedKeys = new ArrayList<>();
         Cache<Integer, String> cache =
                 CacheBuilder.<Integer, String>builder()
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ public class CacheTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void testWeigher() {
         int maximumWeight = 2 * numberOfEntries;
         int weight = randomIntBetween(2, 10);
-        AtomicInteger evictions = new AtomicInteger();
+        AtomicLong evictions = new AtomicLong();
         Cache<Integer, String> cache =
                 CacheBuilder.<Integer, String>builder()
                         .setMaximumWeight(maximumWeight)