diff --git a/bigcache_test.go b/bigcache_test.go
index d6249a47..bac2d7ad 100644
--- a/bigcache_test.go
+++ b/bigcache_test.go
@@ -580,10 +580,10 @@ func TestCacheStats(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// then
 	stats := cache.Stats()
-	assertEqual(t, stats.Hits, int64(10))
-	assertEqual(t, stats.Misses, int64(10))
-	assertEqual(t, stats.DelHits, int64(10))
-	assertEqual(t, stats.DelMisses, int64(10))
+	assertEqual(t, stats.Hits, int32(10))
+	assertEqual(t, stats.Misses, int32(10))
+	assertEqual(t, stats.DelHits, int32(10))
+	assertEqual(t, stats.DelMisses, int32(10))
 }
 func TestCacheEntryStats(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ func TestWriteAndReadParallelSameKeyWithStats(t *testing.T) {
 
 	wg.Wait()
 
-	assertEqual(t, Stats{Hits: int64(n * ntest)}, cache.Stats())
+	assertEqual(t, Stats{Hits: int32(n * ntest)}, cache.Stats())
 	assertEqual(t, ntest*n, int(cache.KeyMetadata(key).RequestCount))
 }
 
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ func TestHashCollision(t *testing.T) {
 	assertEqual(t, []byte(nil), cachedValue)
 
 	assertEqual(t, "Collision detected. Both %q and %q have the same hash %x", ml.lastFormat)
-	assertEqual(t, cache.Stats().Collisions, int64(1))
+	assertEqual(t, cache.Stats().Collisions, int32(1))
 }
 
 func TestNilValueCaching(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ func TestEntryNotPresent(t *testing.T) {
 	value, resp, err := cache.GetWithInfo("blah")
 	assertEqual(t, ErrEntryNotFound, err)
 	assertEqual(t, resp.EntryStatus, RemoveReason(0))
-	assertEqual(t, cache.Stats().Misses, int64(1))
+	assertEqual(t, cache.Stats().Misses, int32(1))
 	assertEqual(t, []byte(nil), value)
 }
 
diff --git a/shard.go b/shard.go
index 3f08d5d8..aa8adb9a 100644
--- a/shard.go
+++ b/shard.go
@@ -354,11 +354,11 @@ func (s *cacheShard) capacity() int {
 
 func (s *cacheShard) getStats() Stats {
 	var stats = Stats{
-		Hits:       atomic.LoadInt64(&s.stats.Hits),
-		Misses:     atomic.LoadInt64(&s.stats.Misses),
-		DelHits:    atomic.LoadInt64(&s.stats.DelHits),
-		DelMisses:  atomic.LoadInt64(&s.stats.DelMisses),
-		Collisions: atomic.LoadInt64(&s.stats.Collisions),
+		Hits:       atomic.LoadInt32(&s.stats.Hits),
+		Misses:     atomic.LoadInt32(&s.stats.Misses),
+		DelHits:    atomic.LoadInt32(&s.stats.DelHits),
+		DelMisses:  atomic.LoadInt32(&s.stats.DelMisses),
+		Collisions: atomic.LoadInt32(&s.stats.Collisions),
 	}
 	return stats
 }
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ func (s *cacheShard) getKeyMetadata(key uint64) Metadata {
 }
 
 func (s *cacheShard) hit(key uint64) {
-	atomic.AddInt64(&s.stats.Hits, 1)
+	atomic.AddInt32(&s.stats.Hits, 1)
 	if s.statsEnabled {
 		s.lock.Lock()
 		s.hashmapStats[key]++
@@ -388,26 +388,26 @@ func (s *cacheShard) hit(key uint64) {
 }
 
 func (s *cacheShard) hitWithoutLock(key uint64) {
-	atomic.AddInt64(&s.stats.Hits, 1)
+	atomic.AddInt32(&s.stats.Hits, 1)
 	if s.statsEnabled {
 		s.hashmapStats[key]++
 	}
 }
 
 func (s *cacheShard) miss() {
-	atomic.AddInt64(&s.stats.Misses, 1)
+	atomic.AddInt32(&s.stats.Misses, 1)
 }
 
 func (s *cacheShard) delhit() {
-	atomic.AddInt64(&s.stats.DelHits, 1)
+	atomic.AddInt32(&s.stats.DelHits, 1)
 }
 
 func (s *cacheShard) delmiss() {
-	atomic.AddInt64(&s.stats.DelMisses, 1)
+	atomic.AddInt32(&s.stats.DelMisses, 1)
 }
 
 func (s *cacheShard) collision() {
-	atomic.AddInt64(&s.stats.Collisions, 1)
+	atomic.AddInt32(&s.stats.Collisions, 1)
 }
 
 func initNewShard(config Config, callback onRemoveCallback, clock clock) *cacheShard {
diff --git a/stats.go b/stats.go
index 07157132..a961e755 100644
--- a/stats.go
+++ b/stats.go
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ package bigcache
 // Stats stores cache statistics
 type Stats struct {
 	// Hits is a number of successfully found keys
-	Hits int64 `json:"hits"`
+	Hits int32 `json:"hits"`
 	// Misses is a number of not found keys
-	Misses int64 `json:"misses"`
+	Misses int32 `json:"misses"`
 	// DelHits is a number of successfully deleted keys
-	DelHits int64 `json:"delete_hits"`
+	DelHits int32 `json:"delete_hits"`
 	// DelMisses is a number of not deleted keys
-	DelMisses int64 `json:"delete_misses"`
+	DelMisses int32 `json:"delete_misses"`
 	// Collisions is a number of happened key-collisions
-	Collisions int64 `json:"collisions"`
+	Collisions int32 `json:"collisions"`
 }