diff --git oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/file/FileStore.java oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/file/FileStore.java
index f5541e0..5980fd0 100644
--- oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/file/FileStore.java
+++ oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/file/FileStore.java
@@ -686,6 +686,8 @@ public class FileStore implements SegmentStore, Closeable {
             public Void call() throws Exception {
                 segmentWriter.flush();
                 tarWriter.flush();
+                stats.flushed();
+                
                 return null;
             }
         });
@@ -710,8 +712,6 @@ public class FileStore implements SegmentStore, Closeable {
                 }
             }
         }
-        
-        stats.flushed();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/file/FileStoreStats.java oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/file/FileStoreStats.java
index 2ebb27a..a9d8bbc 100644
--- oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/file/FileStoreStats.java
+++ oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/file/FileStoreStats.java
@@ -102,7 +102,12 @@ public class FileStoreStats implements FileStoreStatsMBean, FileStoreMonitor {
     }
     
     @Override
-    public CompositeData getJournalWriteStats() {
+    public long getJournalWriteStatsAsCount() {
+        return journalWriteStats.getCount();
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public CompositeData getJournalWriteStatsAsCompositeData() {
         return asCompositeData(getTimeSeries(JOURNAL_WRITES), JOURNAL_WRITES);
     }
 
diff --git oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/file/FileStoreStatsMBean.java oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/file/FileStoreStatsMBean.java
index 931385d..ba13c9a 100644
--- oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/file/FileStoreStatsMBean.java
+++ oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/file/FileStoreStatsMBean.java
@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@ public interface FileStoreStatsMBean {
     String fileStoreInfoAsString();
     
     /**
+     * @return  count of the writes to journal
+     */
+    long getJournalWriteStatsAsCount();
+    
+    /**
      * @return  time series of the writes to journal
      */
-    CompositeData getJournalWriteStats();
+    CompositeData getJournalWriteStatsAsCompositeData();
 }
diff --git oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/file/FileStoreStatsTest.java oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/file/FileStoreStatsTest.java
index f0b7dc1..ef22dd9 100644
--- oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/file/FileStoreStatsTest.java
+++ oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/file/FileStoreStatsTest.java
@@ -71,8 +71,10 @@ public class FileStoreStatsTest {
         FileStore store = fileStoreBuilder(segmentFolder.newFolder())
                 .withStatisticsProvider(statsProvider)
                 .build();
+        
+        FileStoreStats stats = new FileStoreStats(statsProvider, store, 0);
+        
         try {
-            FileStoreStats stats = new FileStoreStats(statsProvider, store, 0);
             long initialSize = stats.getApproximateSize();
 
             UUID id = UUID.randomUUID();
@@ -86,9 +88,12 @@ public class FileStoreStatsTest {
             }
 
             assertEquals(stats.getApproximateSize() - initialSize, file.length());
+            
         } finally {
             store.close();
         }
+        
+        assertEquals(1, stats.getJournalWriteStatsAsCount());
     }
 
 }