diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/replication/GrpcOutputStream.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/replication/GrpcOutputStream.java
index 4303bb16bab8..c09c8f6743e7 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/replication/GrpcOutputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/replication/GrpcOutputStream.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class GrpcOutputStream extends OutputStream {
 
   private final int bufferSize;
 
-  private int writtenBytes;
+  private long writtenBytes;
 
   GrpcOutputStream(
       StreamObserver<CopyContainerResponseProto> responseObserver,