diff --git a/src/defrag.c b/src/defrag.c
index 4a1dcefe4..3f0e6627c 100644
--- a/src/defrag.c
+++ b/src/defrag.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ int defragKey(redisDb *db, dictEntry *de) {
          /* Dirty code:
           * I can't search in db->expires for that key after i already released
           * the pointer it holds it won't be able to do the string compare */
-        unsigned int hash = dictGetHash(db->dict, de->key);
+        uint64_t hash = dictGetHash(db->dict, de->key);
         replaceSateliteDictKeyPtrAndOrDefragDictEntry(db->expires, keysds, newsds, hash, &defragged);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/dict.c b/src/dict.c
index 49bbc92b2..97e636805 100644
--- a/src/dict.c
+++ b/src/dict.c
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ void dictDisableResize(void) {
     dict_can_resize = 0;
 }
 
-unsigned int dictGetHash(dict *d, const void *key) {
+uint64_t dictGetHash(dict *d, const void *key) {
     return dictHashKey(d, key);
 }
 
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ unsigned int dictGetHash(dict *d, const void *key) {
  * the hash value should be provided using dictGetHash.
  * no string / key comparison is performed.
  * return value is the reference to the dictEntry if found, or NULL if not found. */
-dictEntry **dictFindEntryRefByPtrAndHash(dict *d, const void *oldptr, unsigned int hash) {
+dictEntry **dictFindEntryRefByPtrAndHash(dict *d, const void *oldptr, uint64_t hash) {
     dictEntry *he, **heref;
     unsigned long idx, table;
 
diff --git a/src/dict.h b/src/dict.h
index bf316a00f..62018cc44 100644
--- a/src/dict.h
+++ b/src/dict.h
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ int dictRehashMilliseconds(dict *d, int ms);
 void dictSetHashFunctionSeed(uint8_t *seed);
 uint8_t *dictGetHashFunctionSeed(void);
 unsigned long dictScan(dict *d, unsigned long v, dictScanFunction *fn, dictScanBucketFunction *bucketfn, void *privdata);
-unsigned int dictGetHash(dict *d, const void *key);
-dictEntry **dictFindEntryRefByPtrAndHash(dict *d, const void *oldptr, unsigned int hash);
+uint64_t dictGetHash(dict *d, const void *key);
+dictEntry **dictFindEntryRefByPtrAndHash(dict *d, const void *oldptr, uint64_t hash);
 
 /* Hash table types */
 extern dictType dictTypeHeapStringCopyKey;