diff --git a/java/samples/src/main/java/RocksDBSample.java b/java/samples/src/main/java/RocksDBSample.java
index b1f980555..f61995ed9 100644
--- a/java/samples/src/main/java/RocksDBSample.java
+++ b/java/samples/src/main/java/RocksDBSample.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public class RocksDBSample {
          final Filter bloomFilter = new BloomFilter(10);
          final ReadOptions readOptions = new ReadOptions()
              .setFillCache(false);
+         final Statistics stats = new Statistics();
          final RateLimiter rateLimiter = new RateLimiter(10000000,10000, 10)) {
 
       try (final RocksDB db = RocksDB.open(options, db_path_not_found)) {
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ public class RocksDBSample {
 
       try {
         options.setCreateIfMissing(true)
-            .createStatistics()
+            .setStatistics(stats)
             .setWriteBufferSize(8 * SizeUnit.KB)
             .setMaxWriteBufferNumber(3)
             .setMaxBackgroundCompactions(10)
@@ -51,8 +52,6 @@ public class RocksDBSample {
         assert (false);
       }
 
-      final Statistics stats = options.statisticsPtr();
-
       assert (options.createIfMissing() == true);
       assert (options.writeBufferSize() == 8 * SizeUnit.KB);
       assert (options.maxWriteBufferNumber() == 3);
@@ -221,7 +220,9 @@ public class RocksDBSample {
 
         try {
           for (final TickerType statsType : TickerType.values()) {
-            stats.getTickerCount(statsType);
+            if (statsType != TickerType.TICKER_ENUM_MAX) {
+              stats.getTickerCount(statsType);
+            }
           }
           System.out.println("getTickerCount() passed.");
         } catch (final Exception e) {
@@ -231,7 +232,9 @@ public class RocksDBSample {
 
         try {
           for (final HistogramType histogramType : HistogramType.values()) {
-            HistogramData data = stats.getHistogramData(histogramType);
+            if (histogramType != HistogramType.HISTOGRAM_ENUM_MAX) {
+              HistogramData data = stats.getHistogramData(histogramType);
+            }
           }
           System.out.println("getHistogramData() passed.");
         } catch (final Exception e) {