diff --git a/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/haplotypeBAMWriter/DroppedReadsTracker.java b/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/haplotypeBAMWriter/DroppedReadsTracker.java
index 50a0e5394..b4bfc1519 100644
--- a/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/haplotypeBAMWriter/DroppedReadsTracker.java
+++ b/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/utils/haplotypeBAMWriter/DroppedReadsTracker.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public class DroppedReadsTracker {
         // filtering/trimming etc., but that distinguishes paired reads from their mate, secondary etc.
         public int hashCode() {
             // Use a murmur hash of the flags to distribute the values more uniformly over the full range of int
-            return samRec.getReadName().hashCode() +  (31 * murmurHasher.hashInt(samRec.getFlags()).asInt());
+            return samRec.getReadName().hashCode() +  (31 * murmurHasher.hashLong(samRec.getFlags()).asInt());
         }
     }