diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/bloom/BloomFilter.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/bloom/BloomFilter.java
index f8b95192c8..82d18b8a99 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/bloom/BloomFilter.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/bloom/BloomFilter.java
@@ -234,6 +234,6 @@ public void readFields(DataInput in) throws IOException {
   
   /* @return number of bytes needed to hold bit vector */
   private int getNBytes() {
-    return (vectorSize + 7) / 8;
+    return (int)(((long)vectorSize + 7) / 8);
   }
 }//end class
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/bloom/TestBloomFilters.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/bloom/TestBloomFilters.java
index 6ff854d1fb..85525659c9 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/bloom/TestBloomFilters.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/bloom/TestBloomFilters.java
@@ -239,6 +239,18 @@ public void testFiltersWithMurmurHash() {
                 BloomFilterTestStrategy.FILTER_XOR_STRATEGY)).test();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testFiltersWithLargeVectorSize() {
+    int hashId = Hash.MURMUR_HASH;
+    Filter filter
+        = new BloomFilter(Integer.MAX_VALUE, hashFunctionNumber, hashId);
+    BloomFilterCommonTester.of(hashId, numInsertions)
+        .withFilterInstance(filter)
+        .withTestCases(ImmutableSet.of(
+                BloomFilterTestStrategy.WRITE_READ_STRATEGY
+        )).test();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testNot() {
     BloomFilter bf = new BloomFilter(8, 1, Hash.JENKINS_HASH);