diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/common/data/parsers/LongParserFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/common/data/parsers/LongParserFactory.java
index b52a54e..33e8e03 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/common/data/parsers/LongParserFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/common/data/parsers/LongParserFactory.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         return new IValueParser() {
             @Override
             public void parse(char[] buffer, int start, int length, DataOutput out) throws HyracksDataException {
-                int n = 0;
+                long n = 0;
                 int sign = 1;
                 int i = 0;
                 boolean pre = true;