diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/TunnelInfo.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/TunnelInfo.java
index 7e06e3463..be200069f 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/TunnelInfo.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/TunnelInfo.java
@@ -68,10 +68,11 @@ public interface TunnelInfo {
      */
     public void testSuccessful(int responseTime);
     
-    public long getProcessedMessagesCount();
+    public int getProcessedMessagesCount();
     
     /** we know for sure that this many bytes travelled through the tunnel in its lifetime */
     public long getVerifiedBytesTransferred();
+
     /** we know for sure that the given number of bytes were sent down the tunnel fully */
     public void incrementVerifiedBytesTransferred(int numBytes);
 
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/tunnel/TunnelCreatorConfig.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/tunnel/TunnelCreatorConfig.java
index 68d733f82..5306179a3 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/tunnel/TunnelCreatorConfig.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/tunnel/TunnelCreatorConfig.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class TunnelCreatorConfig implements TunnelInfo {
     private List<Integer> _order;
     private long _replyMessageId;
     private final boolean _isInbound;
-    private long _messagesProcessed;
+    private int _messagesProcessed;
     private volatile long _verifiedBytesTransferred;
     private boolean _failed;
     private int _failures;
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public class TunnelCreatorConfig implements TunnelInfo {
     
     /** take note of a message being pumped through this tunnel */
     public void incrementProcessedMessages() { _messagesProcessed++; }
-    public long getProcessedMessagesCount() { return _messagesProcessed; }
+    public int getProcessedMessagesCount() { return _messagesProcessed; }
 
     public void incrementVerifiedBytesTransferred(int bytes) { 
         _verifiedBytesTransferred += bytes; 
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ public class TunnelCreatorConfig implements TunnelInfo {
                     _context.profileManager().tunnelDataPushed1m(_peers[i], (int)normalized);
         }
     }
+
     public long getVerifiedBytesTransferred() { return _verifiedBytesTransferred; }
 
     private static final int THROUGHPUT_COUNT = 3;