diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/repository/QueryDslMongoRepository.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/repository/QueryDslMongoRepository.java
index 533744400..71fdfad7c 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/repository/QueryDslMongoRepository.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/repository/QueryDslMongoRepository.java
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public class QueryDslMongoRepository<T, ID extends Serializable> extends
      * org.springframework.data.document.mongodb.repository.QueryDslExecutor
      * #count(com.mysema.query.types.Predicate)
      */
-    public Long count(Predicate predicate) {
+    public long count(Predicate predicate) {
 
         return createQueryFor(predicate).count();
     }
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/repository/QueryDslPredicateExecutor.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/repository/QueryDslPredicateExecutor.java
index b62f424bd..13d8a02e3 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/repository/QueryDslPredicateExecutor.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/repository/QueryDslPredicateExecutor.java
@@ -70,5 +70,5 @@ public interface QueryDslPredicateExecutor<T> {
 	 * @param predicate the {@link Predicate} to count instances for
 	 * @return the number of instances
 	 */
-	Long count(Predicate predicate);
+	long count(Predicate predicate);
 }
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/repository/SimpleMongoRepository.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/repository/SimpleMongoRepository.java
index bfc249e6e..9e29653be 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/repository/SimpleMongoRepository.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/repository/SimpleMongoRepository.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public class SimpleMongoRepository<T, ID extends Serializable> implements Paging
    * 
    * @see org.springframework.data.repository.Repository#count()
    */
-  public Long count() {
+  public long count() {
 
     return template.getCollection(entityInformation.getCollectionName()).count();
   }