diff --git a/db/builder.cc b/db/builder.cc
index b3bf894ef..ad1334a15 100644
--- a/db/builder.cc
+++ b/db/builder.cc
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ Status BuildTable(const std::string& dbname,
 
           if (this_ikey.type == kTypeMerge) {
             // Handle merge-type keys using the MergeHelper
+            // TODO: pass statistics to MergeUntil
             merge.MergeUntil(iter, 0 /* don't worry about snapshot */);
             iterator_at_next = true;
             if (merge.IsSuccess()) {
@@ -188,10 +189,10 @@ Status BuildTable(const std::string& dbname,
     // Finish and check for file errors
     if (s.ok() && !options.disableDataSync) {
       if (options.use_fsync) {
-        StopWatch sw(env, options.statistics, TABLE_SYNC_MICROS);
+        StopWatch sw(env, options.statistics.get(), TABLE_SYNC_MICROS);
         s = file->Fsync();
       } else {
-        StopWatch sw(env, options.statistics, TABLE_SYNC_MICROS);
+        StopWatch sw(env, options.statistics.get(), TABLE_SYNC_MICROS);
         s = file->Sync();
       }
     }
diff --git a/db/db_impl.cc b/db/db_impl.cc
index 5a2f0de4a..22dba5f2e 100644
--- a/db/db_impl.cc
+++ b/db/db_impl.cc
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ const Status DBImpl::CreateArchivalDirectory() {
 }
 
 void DBImpl::PrintStatistics() {
-  auto dbstats = options_.statistics;
+  auto dbstats = options_.statistics.get();
   if (dbstats) {
     Log(options_.info_log,
         "STATISTCS:\n %s",
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ Status DBImpl::Recover(VersionEdit* edit, MemTable* external_table,
       if (versions_->LastSequence() < max_sequence) {
         versions_->SetLastSequence(max_sequence);
       }
-      SetTickerCount(options_.statistics, SEQUENCE_NUMBER,
+      SetTickerCount(options_.statistics.get(), SEQUENCE_NUMBER,
                      versions_->LastSequence());
     }
   }
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ SequenceNumber DBImpl::GetLatestSequenceNumber() const {
 Status DBImpl::GetUpdatesSince(SequenceNumber seq,
                                unique_ptr<TransactionLogIterator>* iter) {
 
-  RecordTick(options_.statistics, GET_UPDATES_SINCE_CALLS);
+  RecordTick(options_.statistics.get(), GET_UPDATES_SINCE_CALLS);
   if (seq > versions_->LastSequence()) {
     return Status::IOError("Requested sequence not yet written in the db");
   }
@@ -1971,10 +1971,12 @@ Status DBImpl::FinishCompactionOutputFile(CompactionState* compact,
   // Finish and check for file errors
   if (s.ok() && !options_.disableDataSync) {
     if (options_.use_fsync) {
-      StopWatch sw(env_, options_.statistics, COMPACTION_OUTFILE_SYNC_MICROS);
+      StopWatch sw(env_, options_.statistics.get(),
+                   COMPACTION_OUTFILE_SYNC_MICROS);
       s = compact->outfile->Fsync();
     } else {
-      StopWatch sw(env_, options_.statistics, COMPACTION_OUTFILE_SYNC_MICROS);
+      StopWatch sw(env_, options_.statistics.get(),
+                   COMPACTION_OUTFILE_SYNC_MICROS);
       s = compact->outfile->Sync();
     }
   }
@@ -2212,7 +2214,7 @@ Status DBImpl::DoCompactionWork(CompactionState* compact,
             ParseInternalKey(key, &ikey);
             // no value associated with delete
             value.clear();
-            RecordTick(options_.statistics, COMPACTION_KEY_DROP_USER);
+            RecordTick(options_.statistics.get(), COMPACTION_KEY_DROP_USER);
           } else if (value_changed) {
             value = compaction_filter_value;
           }
@@ -2238,7 +2240,7 @@ Status DBImpl::DoCompactionWork(CompactionState* compact,
         // TODO: why not > ?
         assert(last_sequence_for_key >= ikey.sequence);
         drop = true;    // (A)
-        RecordTick(options_.statistics, COMPACTION_KEY_DROP_NEWER_ENTRY);
+        RecordTick(options_.statistics.get(), COMPACTION_KEY_DROP_NEWER_ENTRY);
       } else if (ikey.type == kTypeDeletion &&
                  ikey.sequence <= earliest_snapshot &&
                  compact->compaction->IsBaseLevelForKey(ikey.user_key)) {
@@ -2250,7 +2252,7 @@ Status DBImpl::DoCompactionWork(CompactionState* compact,
         //     few iterations of this loop (by rule (A) above).
         // Therefore this deletion marker is obsolete and can be dropped.
         drop = true;
-        RecordTick(options_.statistics, COMPACTION_KEY_DROP_OBSOLETE);
+        RecordTick(options_.statistics.get(), COMPACTION_KEY_DROP_OBSOLETE);
       } else if (ikey.type == kTypeMerge) {
         // We know the merge type entry is not hidden, otherwise we would
         // have hit (A)
@@ -2259,7 +2261,7 @@ Status DBImpl::DoCompactionWork(CompactionState* compact,
         // logic could also be nicely re-used for memtable flush purge
         // optimization in BuildTable.
         merge.MergeUntil(input.get(), prev_snapshot, bottommost_level,
-                         options_.statistics);
+                         options_.statistics.get());
         current_entry_is_merging = true;
         if (merge.IsSuccess()) {
           // Successfully found Put/Delete/(end-of-key-range) while merging
@@ -2412,8 +2414,8 @@ Status DBImpl::DoCompactionWork(CompactionState* compact,
 
   CompactionStats stats;
   stats.micros = env_->NowMicros() - start_micros - imm_micros;
-  if (options_.statistics) {
-    options_.statistics->measureTime(COMPACTION_TIME, stats.micros);
+  if (options_.statistics.get()) {
+    options_.statistics.get()->measureTime(COMPACTION_TIME, stats.micros);
   }
   stats.files_in_leveln = compact->compaction->num_input_files(0);
   stats.files_in_levelnp1 = compact->compaction->num_input_files(1);
@@ -2554,7 +2556,7 @@ Status DBImpl::GetImpl(const ReadOptions& options,
                        bool* value_found) {
   Status s;
 
-  StopWatch sw(env_, options_.statistics, DB_GET);
+  StopWatch sw(env_, options_.statistics.get(), DB_GET);
   SequenceNumber snapshot;
   mutex_.Lock();
   if (options.snapshot != nullptr) {
@@ -2605,8 +2607,8 @@ Status DBImpl::GetImpl(const ReadOptions& options,
 
   LogFlush(options_.info_log);
   // Note, tickers are atomic now - no lock protection needed any more.
-  RecordTick(options_.statistics, NUMBER_KEYS_READ);
-  RecordTick(options_.statistics, BYTES_READ, value->size());
+  RecordTick(options_.statistics.get(), NUMBER_KEYS_READ);
+  RecordTick(options_.statistics.get(), BYTES_READ, value->size());
   return s;
 }
 
@@ -2614,7 +2616,7 @@ std::vector<Status> DBImpl::MultiGet(const ReadOptions& options,
                                      const std::vector<Slice>& keys,
                                      std::vector<std::string>* values) {
 
-  StopWatch sw(env_, options_.statistics, DB_MULTIGET);
+  StopWatch sw(env_, options_.statistics.get(), DB_MULTIGET);
   SequenceNumber snapshot;
   mutex_.Lock();
   if (options.snapshot != nullptr) {
@@ -2683,9 +2685,9 @@ std::vector<Status> DBImpl::MultiGet(const ReadOptions& options,
   mutex_.Unlock();
 
   LogFlush(options_.info_log);
-  RecordTick(options_.statistics, NUMBER_MULTIGET_CALLS);
-  RecordTick(options_.statistics, NUMBER_MULTIGET_KEYS_READ, numKeys);
-  RecordTick(options_.statistics, NUMBER_MULTIGET_BYTES_READ, bytesRead);
+  RecordTick(options_.statistics.get(), NUMBER_MULTIGET_CALLS);
+  RecordTick(options_.statistics.get(), NUMBER_MULTIGET_KEYS_READ, numKeys);
+  RecordTick(options_.statistics.get(), NUMBER_MULTIGET_BYTES_READ, bytesRead);
 
   return statList;
 }
@@ -2760,7 +2762,7 @@ Status DBImpl::Write(const WriteOptions& options, WriteBatch* my_batch) {
   w.disableWAL = options.disableWAL;
   w.done = false;
 
-  StopWatch sw(env_, options_.statistics, DB_WRITE);
+  StopWatch sw(env_, options_.statistics.get(), DB_WRITE);
   MutexLock l(&mutex_);
   writers_.push_back(&w);
   while (!w.done && &w != writers_.front()) {
@@ -2793,8 +2795,9 @@ Status DBImpl::Write(const WriteOptions& options, WriteBatch* my_batch) {
       int my_batch_count = WriteBatchInternal::Count(updates);
       last_sequence += my_batch_count;
       // Record statistics
-      RecordTick(options_.statistics, NUMBER_KEYS_WRITTEN, my_batch_count);
-      RecordTick(options_.statistics,
+      RecordTick(options_.statistics.get(),
+                 NUMBER_KEYS_WRITTEN, my_batch_count);
+      RecordTick(options_.statistics.get(),
                  BYTES_WRITTEN,
                  WriteBatchInternal::ByteSize(updates));
       if (options.disableWAL) {
@@ -2808,10 +2811,10 @@ Status DBImpl::Write(const WriteOptions& options, WriteBatch* my_batch) {
         BumpPerfTime(&perf_context.wal_write_time, &timer);
         if (status.ok() && options.sync) {
           if (options_.use_fsync) {
-            StopWatch(env_, options_.statistics, WAL_FILE_SYNC_MICROS);
+            StopWatch(env_, options_.statistics.get(), WAL_FILE_SYNC_MICROS);
             status = log_->file()->Fsync();
           } else {
-            StopWatch(env_, options_.statistics, WAL_FILE_SYNC_MICROS);
+            StopWatch(env_, options_.statistics.get(), WAL_FILE_SYNC_MICROS);
             status = log_->file()->Sync();
           }
         }
@@ -2826,7 +2829,8 @@ Status DBImpl::Write(const WriteOptions& options, WriteBatch* my_batch) {
           // have succeeded in memtable but Status reports error for all writes.
           throw std::runtime_error("In memory WriteBatch corruption!");
         }
-        SetTickerCount(options_.statistics, SEQUENCE_NUMBER, last_sequence);
+        SetTickerCount(options_.statistics.get(),
+                       SEQUENCE_NUMBER, last_sequence);
       }
       LogFlush(options_.info_log);
       mutex_.Lock();
@@ -2975,7 +2979,7 @@ Status DBImpl::MakeRoomForWrite(bool force) {
       mutex_.Unlock();
       uint64_t delayed;
       {
-        StopWatch sw(env_, options_.statistics, STALL_L0_SLOWDOWN_COUNT);
+        StopWatch sw(env_, options_.statistics.get(), STALL_L0_SLOWDOWN_COUNT);
         env_->SleepForMicroseconds(
           SlowdownAmount(versions_->NumLevelFiles(0),
                          options_.level0_slowdown_writes_trigger,
@@ -2983,7 +2987,7 @@ Status DBImpl::MakeRoomForWrite(bool force) {
         );
         delayed = sw.ElapsedMicros();
       }
-      RecordTick(options_.statistics, STALL_L0_SLOWDOWN_MICROS, delayed);
+      RecordTick(options_.statistics.get(), STALL_L0_SLOWDOWN_MICROS, delayed);
       stall_level0_slowdown_ += delayed;
       stall_level0_slowdown_count_++;
       allow_delay = false;  // Do not delay a single write more than once
@@ -3003,12 +3007,13 @@ Status DBImpl::MakeRoomForWrite(bool force) {
       Log(options_.info_log, "wait for memtable compaction...\n");
       uint64_t stall;
       {
-        StopWatch sw(env_, options_.statistics,
+        StopWatch sw(env_, options_.statistics.get(),
           STALL_MEMTABLE_COMPACTION_COUNT);
         bg_cv_.Wait();
         stall = sw.ElapsedMicros();
       }
-      RecordTick(options_.statistics, STALL_MEMTABLE_COMPACTION_MICROS, stall);
+      RecordTick(options_.statistics.get(),
+                 STALL_MEMTABLE_COMPACTION_MICROS, stall);
       stall_memtable_compaction_ += stall;
       stall_memtable_compaction_count_++;
     } else if (versions_->NumLevelFiles(0) >=
@@ -3018,11 +3023,12 @@ Status DBImpl::MakeRoomForWrite(bool force) {
       Log(options_.info_log, "wait for fewer level0 files...\n");
       uint64_t stall;
       {
-        StopWatch sw(env_, options_.statistics, STALL_L0_NUM_FILES_COUNT);
+        StopWatch sw(env_, options_.statistics.get(),
+                     STALL_L0_NUM_FILES_COUNT);
         bg_cv_.Wait();
         stall = sw.ElapsedMicros();
       }
-      RecordTick(options_.statistics, STALL_L0_NUM_FILES_MICROS, stall);
+      RecordTick(options_.statistics.get(), STALL_L0_NUM_FILES_MICROS, stall);
       stall_level0_num_files_ += stall;
       stall_level0_num_files_count_++;
     } else if (
@@ -3034,7 +3040,8 @@ Status DBImpl::MakeRoomForWrite(bool force) {
       mutex_.Unlock();
       uint64_t delayed;
       {
-        StopWatch sw(env_, options_.statistics, HARD_RATE_LIMIT_DELAY_COUNT);
+        StopWatch sw(env_, options_.statistics.get(),
+                     HARD_RATE_LIMIT_DELAY_COUNT);
         env_->SleepForMicroseconds(1000);
         delayed = sw.ElapsedMicros();
       }
@@ -3043,7 +3050,8 @@ Status DBImpl::MakeRoomForWrite(bool force) {
       // Make sure the following value doesn't round to zero.
       uint64_t rate_limit = std::max((delayed / 1000), (uint64_t) 1);
       rate_limit_delay_millis += rate_limit;
-      RecordTick(options_.statistics, RATE_LIMIT_DELAY_MILLIS, rate_limit);
+      RecordTick(options_.statistics.get(),
+                 RATE_LIMIT_DELAY_MILLIS, rate_limit);
       if (options_.rate_limit_delay_max_milliseconds > 0 &&
           rate_limit_delay_millis >=
           (unsigned)options_.rate_limit_delay_max_milliseconds) {
@@ -3058,7 +3066,8 @@ Status DBImpl::MakeRoomForWrite(bool force) {
       // TODO: add statistics
       mutex_.Unlock();
       {
-        StopWatch sw(env_, options_.statistics, SOFT_RATE_LIMIT_DELAY_COUNT);
+        StopWatch sw(env_, options_.statistics.get(),
+                     SOFT_RATE_LIMIT_DELAY_COUNT);
         env_->SleepForMicroseconds(SlowdownAmount(
           score,
           options_.soft_rate_limit,
diff --git a/db/db_iter.cc b/db/db_iter.cc
index 4e3c52c6e..89eaf0949 100644
--- a/db/db_iter.cc
+++ b/db/db_iter.cc
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class DBIter: public Iterator {
         direction_(kForward),
         valid_(false),
         current_entry_is_merged_(false),
-        statistics_(options.statistics) {
+        statistics_(options.statistics.get()) {
     RecordTick(statistics_, NO_ITERATORS, 1);
     max_skip_ = options.max_sequential_skip_in_iterations;
   }
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class DBIter: public Iterator {
   Direction direction_;
   bool valid_;
   bool current_entry_is_merged_;
-  std::shared_ptr<Statistics> statistics_;
+  Statistics* statistics_;
   uint64_t max_skip_;
 
   // No copying allowed
diff --git a/db/memtable.cc b/db/memtable.cc
index 291899c21..ac589a563 100644
--- a/db/memtable.cc
+++ b/db/memtable.cc
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "util/coding.h"
 #include "util/mutexlock.h"
 #include "util/murmurhash.h"
+#include "util/statistics_imp.h"
 
 namespace std {
 template <>
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ bool MemTable::Get(const LookupKey& key, std::string* value, Status* s,
             assert(merge_operator);
             if (!merge_operator->FullMerge(key.user_key(), &v, *operands,
                                            value, logger.get())) {
-              RecordTick(options.statistics, NUMBER_MERGE_FAILURES);
+              RecordTick(options.statistics.get(), NUMBER_MERGE_FAILURES);
               *s = Status::Corruption("Error: Could not perform merge.");
             }
           } else {
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ bool MemTable::Get(const LookupKey& key, std::string* value, Status* s,
             *s = Status::OK();
             if (!merge_operator->FullMerge(key.user_key(), nullptr, *operands,
                                            value, logger.get())) {
-              RecordTick(options.statistics, NUMBER_MERGE_FAILURES);
+              RecordTick(options.statistics.get(), NUMBER_MERGE_FAILURES);
               *s = Status::Corruption("Error: Could not perform merge.");
             }
           } else {
diff --git a/db/merge_helper.cc b/db/merge_helper.cc
index 9d757a5e6..a7e2df0a3 100644
--- a/db/merge_helper.cc
+++ b/db/merge_helper.cc
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "rocksdb/comparator.h"
 #include "rocksdb/db.h"
 #include "rocksdb/merge_operator.h"
+#include "util/statistics_imp.h"
 #include <string>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ namespace rocksdb {
 //       operands_ stores the list of merge operands encountered while merging.
 //       keys_[i] corresponds to operands_[i] for each i.
 void MergeHelper::MergeUntil(Iterator* iter, SequenceNumber stop_before,
-                             bool at_bottom, shared_ptr<Statistics> stats) {
+                             bool at_bottom, Statistics* stats) {
   // Get a copy of the internal key, before it's invalidated by iter->Next()
   // Also maintain the list of merge operands seen.
   keys_.clear();
diff --git a/db/merge_helper.h b/db/merge_helper.h
index 34e2edd94..6fe9bfb23 100644
--- a/db/merge_helper.h
+++ b/db/merge_helper.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 #include "db/dbformat.h"
 #include "rocksdb/slice.h"
-#include "rocksdb/statistics.h"
 #include <string>
 #include <deque>
 
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ class Comparator;
 class Iterator;
 class Logger;
 class MergeOperator;
+class Statistics;
 
 class MergeHelper {
  public:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class MergeHelper {
   // at_bottom:   (IN) true if the iterator covers the bottem level, which means
   //                   we could reach the start of the history of this user key.
   void MergeUntil(Iterator* iter, SequenceNumber stop_before = 0,
-                  bool at_bottom = false, shared_ptr<Statistics> stats=nullptr);
+                  bool at_bottom = false, Statistics* stats = nullptr);
 
   // Query the merge result
   // These are valid until the next MergeUntil call
diff --git a/db/table_cache.cc b/db/table_cache.cc
index a1f466b5a..e18c20c99 100644
--- a/db/table_cache.cc
+++ b/db/table_cache.cc
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ Status TableCache::FindTable(const EnvOptions& toptions,
     unique_ptr<RandomAccessFile> file;
     unique_ptr<TableReader> table_reader;
     s = env_->NewRandomAccessFile(fname, &file, toptions);
-    RecordTick(options_->statistics, NO_FILE_OPENS);
+    RecordTick(options_->statistics.get(), NO_FILE_OPENS);
     if (s.ok()) {
       if (options_->advise_random_on_open) {
         file->Hint(RandomAccessFile::RANDOM);
       }
-      StopWatch sw(env_, options_->statistics, TABLE_OPEN_IO_MICROS);
+      StopWatch sw(env_, options_->statistics.get(), TABLE_OPEN_IO_MICROS);
       s = options_->table_factory->GetTableReader(*options_, toptions,
                                                   std::move(file), file_size,
                                                   &table_reader);
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Status TableCache::FindTable(const EnvOptions& toptions,
 
     if (!s.ok()) {
       assert(table_reader == nullptr);
-      RecordTick(options_->statistics, NO_FILE_ERRORS);
+      RecordTick(options_->statistics.get(), NO_FILE_ERRORS);
       // We do not cache error results so that if the error is transient,
       // or somebody repairs the file, we recover automatically.
     } else {
diff --git a/db/version_set.cc b/db/version_set.cc
index d554657b4..95db3e477 100644
--- a/db/version_set.cc
+++ b/db/version_set.cc
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ struct Saver {
   std::deque<std::string>* merge_operands;  // the merge operations encountered
   Logger* logger;
   bool didIO;    // did we do any disk io?
-  shared_ptr<Statistics> statistics;
+  Statistics* statistics;
 };
 }
 
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ void Version::Get(const ReadOptions& options,
   saver.merge_operands = operands;
   saver.logger = logger.get();
   saver.didIO = false;
-  saver.statistics = db_options.statistics;
+  saver.statistics = db_options.statistics.get();
 
   stats->seek_file = nullptr;
   stats->seek_file_level = -1;
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ void Version::Get(const ReadOptions& options,
                                   value, logger.get())) {
       *status = Status::OK();
     } else {
-      RecordTick(db_options.statistics, NUMBER_MERGE_FAILURES);
+      RecordTick(db_options.statistics.get(), NUMBER_MERGE_FAILURES);
       *status = Status::Corruption("could not perform end-of-key merge for ",
                                    user_key);
     }
@@ -1296,10 +1296,12 @@ Status VersionSet::LogAndApply(VersionEdit* edit, port::Mutex* mu,
       }
       if (s.ok()) {
         if (options_->use_fsync) {
-          StopWatch sw(env_, options_->statistics, MANIFEST_FILE_SYNC_MICROS);
+          StopWatch sw(env_, options_->statistics.get(),
+                       MANIFEST_FILE_SYNC_MICROS);
           s = descriptor_log_->file()->Fsync();
         } else {
-          StopWatch sw(env_, options_->statistics, MANIFEST_FILE_SYNC_MICROS);
+          StopWatch sw(env_, options_->statistics.get(),
+                       MANIFEST_FILE_SYNC_MICROS);
           s = descriptor_log_->file()->Sync();
         }
       }
diff --git a/db/write_batch.cc b/db/write_batch.cc
index 134cfb63c..c04930bbf 100644
--- a/db/write_batch.cc
+++ b/db/write_batch.cc
@@ -20,15 +20,14 @@
 //    data: uint8[len]
 
 #include "rocksdb/write_batch.h"
-
 #include "rocksdb/options.h"
-#include "rocksdb/statistics.h"
 #include "db/dbformat.h"
 #include "db/db_impl.h"
 #include "db/memtable.h"
 #include "db/snapshot.h"
 #include "db/write_batch_internal.h"
 #include "util/coding.h"
+#include "util/statistics_imp.h"
 #include <stdexcept>
 
 namespace rocksdb {
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@ class MemTableInserter : public WriteBatch::Handler {
   virtual void Put(const Slice& key, const Slice& value) {
     if (options_->inplace_update_support
         && mem_->Update(sequence_, kTypeValue, key, value)) {
-      RecordTick(options_->statistics, NUMBER_KEYS_UPDATED);
+      RecordTick(options_->statistics.get(), NUMBER_KEYS_UPDATED);
     } else {
       mem_->Add(sequence_, kTypeValue, key, value);
     }
@@ -215,7 +214,7 @@ class MemTableInserter : public WriteBatch::Handler {
       ropts.snapshot = &read_from_snapshot;
       std::string value;
       if (!db_->KeyMayExist(ropts, key, &value)) {
-        RecordTick(options_->statistics, NUMBER_FILTERED_DELETES);
+        RecordTick(options_->statistics.get(), NUMBER_FILTERED_DELETES);
         return;
       }
     }
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/statistics.h b/include/rocksdb/statistics.h
index 7d6a53ff8..102a4be58 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/statistics.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/statistics.h
@@ -276,27 +276,6 @@ class Statistics {
 // Create a concrete DBStatistics object
 std::shared_ptr<Statistics> CreateDBStatistics();
 
-// Ease of Use functions
-inline void RecordTick(std::shared_ptr<Statistics> statistics,
-                       Tickers ticker,
-                       uint64_t count = 1) {
-  assert(HistogramsNameMap.size() == HISTOGRAM_ENUM_MAX);
-  assert(TickersNameMap.size() == TICKER_ENUM_MAX);
-  if (statistics) {
-    statistics->recordTick(ticker, count);
-  }
-}
-
-inline void SetTickerCount(std::shared_ptr<Statistics> statistics,
-                           Tickers ticker,
-                           uint64_t count) {
-  assert(HistogramsNameMap.size() == HISTOGRAM_ENUM_MAX);
-  assert(TickersNameMap.size() == TICKER_ENUM_MAX);
-  if (statistics) {
-    statistics->setTickerCount(ticker, count);
-  }
-}
-
 }  // namespace rocksdb
 
 #endif  // STORAGE_ROCKSDB_INCLUDE_STATISTICS_H_
diff --git a/table/block_based_table_builder.cc b/table/block_based_table_builder.cc
index 88b7a5fc7..f846b1ffd 100644
--- a/table/block_based_table_builder.cc
+++ b/table/block_based_table_builder.cc
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ void BlockBasedTableBuilder::WriteRawBlock(const Slice& block_contents,
                                            CompressionType type,
                                            BlockHandle* handle) {
   Rep* r = rep_;
-  StopWatch sw(r->options.env, r->options.statistics, WRITE_RAW_BLOCK_MICROS);
+  StopWatch sw(r->options.env, r->options.statistics.get(),
+               WRITE_RAW_BLOCK_MICROS);
   handle->set_offset(r->offset);
   handle->set_size(block_contents.size());
   r->status = r->file->Append(block_contents);
diff --git a/table/block_based_table_reader.cc b/table/block_based_table_reader.cc
index 5a2690103..095c2999c 100644
--- a/table/block_based_table_reader.cc
+++ b/table/block_based_table_reader.cc
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ Cache::Handle* GetFromBlockCache(
     const Slice& key,
     Tickers block_cache_miss_ticker,
     Tickers block_cache_hit_ticker,
-    std::shared_ptr<Statistics> statistics) {
+    Statistics* statistics) {
   auto cache_handle = block_cache->Lookup(key);
   if (cache_handle != nullptr) {
     BumpPerfCount(&perf_context.block_cache_hit_count);
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ Status BlockBasedTable::GetBlock(
     CachableEntry<Block>* entry) {
   bool no_io = options.read_tier == kBlockCacheTier;
   Cache* block_cache = table->rep_->options.block_cache.get();
-  auto statistics = table->rep_->options.statistics;
+  Statistics* statistics = table->rep_->options.statistics.get();
   Status s;
 
   if (block_cache != nullptr) {
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ Status BlockBasedTable::GetBlock(
         key,
         block_cache_miss_ticker,
         block_cache_hit_ticker,
-        table->rep_->options.statistics
+        statistics
     );
 
     if (entry->cache_handle != nullptr) {
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ Iterator* BlockBasedTable::BlockReader(void* arg,
   Cache* block_cache = table->rep_->options.block_cache.get();
   Cache* block_cache_compressed = table->rep_->options.
                                     block_cache_compressed.get();
-  std::shared_ptr<Statistics> statistics = table->rep_->options.statistics;
+  Statistics* statistics = table->rep_->options.statistics.get();
   Block* block = nullptr;
   Block* cblock = nullptr;
   Cache::Handle* cache_handle = nullptr;
@@ -791,12 +791,13 @@ BlockBasedTable::GetFilter(bool no_io) const {
       cache_key
   );
 
+  Statistics* statistics = rep_->options.statistics.get();
   auto cache_handle = GetFromBlockCache(
     block_cache,
     key,
     BLOCK_CACHE_FILTER_MISS,
     BLOCK_CACHE_FILTER_HIT,
-    rep_->options.statistics
+    statistics
   );
 
   FilterBlockReader* filter = nullptr;
@@ -824,7 +825,7 @@ BlockBasedTable::GetFilter(bool no_io) const {
 
         cache_handle = block_cache->Insert(
           key, filter, filter_size, &DeleteCachedFilter);
-        RecordTick(rep_->options.statistics, BLOCK_CACHE_ADD);
+        RecordTick(statistics, BLOCK_CACHE_ADD);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -945,9 +946,10 @@ bool BlockBasedTable::PrefixMayMatch(const Slice& internal_prefix) {
     filter_entry.Release(rep_->options.block_cache.get());
   }
 
-  RecordTick(rep_->options.statistics, BLOOM_FILTER_PREFIX_CHECKED);
+  Statistics* statistics = rep_->options.statistics.get();
+  RecordTick(statistics, BLOOM_FILTER_PREFIX_CHECKED);
   if (!may_match) {
-    RecordTick(rep_->options.statistics, BLOOM_FILTER_PREFIX_USEFUL);
+    RecordTick(statistics, BLOOM_FILTER_PREFIX_USEFUL);
   }
 
   return may_match;
@@ -997,7 +999,7 @@ Status BlockBasedTable::Get(
       // Not found
       // TODO: think about interaction with Merge. If a user key cannot
       // cross one data block, we should be fine.
-      RecordTick(rep_->options.statistics, BLOOM_FILTER_USEFUL);
+      RecordTick(rep_->options.statistics.get(), BLOOM_FILTER_USEFUL);
       break;
     } else {
       bool didIO = false;
diff --git a/util/statistics_imp.h b/util/statistics_imp.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0dc8884c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/statistics_imp.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+//  Copyright (c) 2013, Facebook, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+//  This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+//  LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+//  of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+//
+#pragma once
+#include "rocksdb/statistics.h"
+
+namespace rocksdb {
+
+// Utility functions
+inline void RecordTick(Statistics* statistics,
+                       Tickers ticker,
+                       uint64_t count = 1) {
+  assert(HistogramsNameMap.size() == HISTOGRAM_ENUM_MAX);
+  assert(TickersNameMap.size() == TICKER_ENUM_MAX);
+  if (statistics) {
+    statistics->recordTick(ticker, count);
+  }
+}
+
+inline void SetTickerCount(Statistics* statistics,
+                           Tickers ticker,
+                           uint64_t count) {
+  assert(HistogramsNameMap.size() == HISTOGRAM_ENUM_MAX);
+  assert(TickersNameMap.size() == TICKER_ENUM_MAX);
+  if (statistics) {
+    statistics->setTickerCount(ticker, count);
+  }
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/util/stop_watch.h b/util/stop_watch.h
index f251b6bc1..e36bcb7ec 100644
--- a/util/stop_watch.h
+++ b/util/stop_watch.h
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@
 //
 #pragma once
 #include "rocksdb/env.h"
-#include "rocksdb/statistics.h"
+#include "util/statistics_imp.h"
 
 namespace rocksdb {
 // Auto-scoped.
 // Records the statistic into the corresponding histogram.
 class StopWatch {
  public:
-  StopWatch(
+  explicit StopWatch(
     Env * const env,
-    std::shared_ptr<Statistics> statistics = nullptr,
+    Statistics* statistics = nullptr,
     const Histograms histogram_name = DB_GET) :
       env_(env),
       start_time_(env->NowMicros()),
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class StopWatch {
  private:
   Env* const env_;
   const uint64_t start_time_;
-  std::shared_ptr<Statistics> statistics_;
+  Statistics* statistics_;
   const Histograms histogram_name_;
 
 };
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class StopWatch {
 // a nano second precision stopwatch
 class StopWatchNano {
  public:
-  StopWatchNano(Env* const env, bool auto_start = false)
+  explicit StopWatchNano(Env* const env, bool auto_start = false)
       : env_(env), start_(0) {
     if (auto_start) {
       Start();