diff --git a/src/broadcast_service.rs b/src/broadcast_service.rs
index b3724737f8..8c4b12f300 100644
--- a/src/broadcast_service.rs
+++ b/src/broadcast_service.rs
@@ -376,10 +376,7 @@ mod test {
                 max_tick_height,
             );
 
-            let ticks = create_ticks(
-                (max_tick_height - start_tick_height) as usize,
-                Hash::default(),
-            );
+            let ticks = create_ticks(max_tick_height - start_tick_height, Hash::default());
             for (i, mut tick) in ticks.into_iter().enumerate() {
                 // Simulate the tick heights generated in poh.rs
                 tick.tick_height = start_tick_height + i as u64 + 1;
diff --git a/src/db_ledger.rs b/src/db_ledger.rs
index e3ff089d25..0f64de34e7 100644
--- a/src/db_ledger.rs
+++ b/src/db_ledger.rs
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ pub fn create_tmp_genesis(
 pub fn create_tmp_sample_ledger(
     name: &str,
     num_tokens: u64,
-    num_ending_ticks: usize,
+    num_ending_ticks: u64,
     bootstrap_leader_id: Pubkey,
     bootstrap_leader_tokens: u64,
 ) -> (GenesisBlock, Keypair, String, Vec<Entry>) {
diff --git a/src/entry.rs b/src/entry.rs
index 5dd701d3bc..318dfccbd6 100644
--- a/src/entry.rs
+++ b/src/entry.rs
@@ -386,9 +386,9 @@ pub fn next_entries(
     next_entries_mut(&mut id, &mut num_hashes, transactions)
 }
 
-pub fn create_ticks(num_ticks: usize, mut hash: Hash) -> Vec<Entry> {
+pub fn create_ticks(num_ticks: u64, mut hash: Hash) -> Vec<Entry> {
     let mut ticks = Vec::with_capacity(num_ticks as usize);
-    for _ in 0..num_ticks as u64 {
+    for _ in 0..num_ticks {
         let new_tick = Entry::new(&hash, 0, 1, vec![]);
         hash = new_tick.id;
         ticks.push(new_tick);
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ pub fn make_consecutive_blobs(
     start_hash: Hash,
     addr: &std::net::SocketAddr,
 ) -> Vec<SharedBlob> {
-    let entries = create_ticks(num_blobs_to_make as usize, start_hash);
+    let entries = create_ticks(num_blobs_to_make, start_hash);
 
     let blobs = entries.to_shared_blobs();
     let mut index = start_height;
diff --git a/src/leader_scheduler.rs b/src/leader_scheduler.rs
index 76424950f0..fce4b1bfc5 100644
--- a/src/leader_scheduler.rs
+++ b/src/leader_scheduler.rs
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ pub fn make_active_set_entries(
     token_source: &Keypair,
     last_entry_id: &Hash,
     last_tick_id: &Hash,
-    num_ending_ticks: usize,
+    num_ending_ticks: u64,
 ) -> (Vec<Entry>, VoteSignerProxy) {
     // 1) Create transfer token entry
     let transfer_tx =