diff --git a/util/statistics.cc b/util/statistics.cc
index f86eb2c54..4fc240018 100644
--- a/util/statistics.cc
+++ b/util/statistics.cc
@@ -14,25 +14,23 @@ std::shared_ptr<Statistics> CreateDBStatistics() {
   return std::make_shared<StatisticsImpl>();
 }
 
-StatisticsImpl::StatisticsImpl()
-    : tickers_(TICKER_ENUM_MAX),
-      histograms_(HISTOGRAM_ENUM_MAX) {}
+StatisticsImpl::StatisticsImpl() {}
 
 StatisticsImpl::~StatisticsImpl() {}
 
 long StatisticsImpl::getTickerCount(Tickers tickerType) {
   assert(tickerType < TICKER_ENUM_MAX);
-  return tickers_[tickerType];
+  return tickers_[tickerType].value;
 }
 
 void StatisticsImpl::setTickerCount(Tickers tickerType, uint64_t count) {
   assert(tickerType < TICKER_ENUM_MAX);
-  tickers_[tickerType] = count;
+  tickers_[tickerType].value = count;
 }
 
 void StatisticsImpl::recordTick(Tickers tickerType, uint64_t count) {
   assert(tickerType < TICKER_ENUM_MAX);
-  tickers_[tickerType] += count;
+  tickers_[tickerType].value += count;
 }
 
 void StatisticsImpl::measureTime(Histograms histogramType, uint64_t value) {
diff --git a/util/statistics.h b/util/statistics.h
index f598bdbf9..d8cb36e0a 100644
--- a/util/statistics.h
+++ b/util/statistics.h
@@ -28,8 +28,18 @@ class StatisticsImpl : public Statistics {
                              HistogramData* const data);
 
  private:
-  std::vector<std::atomic_uint_fast64_t> tickers_;
-  std::vector<HistogramImpl> histograms_;
+  struct Ticker {
+    Ticker() : value(uint_fast64_t()) {}
+
+    std::atomic_uint_fast64_t value;
+    // Pad the structure to make it size of 64 bytes. A plain array of
+    // std::atomic_uint_fast64_t results in huge performance degradataion
+    // due to false sharing.
+    char padding[64 - sizeof(std::atomic_uint_fast64_t)];
+  };
+
+  Ticker tickers_[TICKER_ENUM_MAX] __attribute__((aligned(64)));
+  HistogramImpl histograms_[HISTOGRAM_ENUM_MAX] __attribute__((aligned(64)));
 };
 
 // Utility functions