diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3ABlockOutputStream.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3ABlockOutputStream.java
index de0f59154e995..5fe39ac6ea336 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3ABlockOutputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3ABlockOutputStream.java
@@ -1100,7 +1100,8 @@ private static class ProgressableListener implements ProgressListener {
       this.progress = progress;
     }
 
-    public void progressChanged(ProgressListenerEvent eventType, int bytesTransferred) {
+    @Override
+    public void progressChanged(ProgressListenerEvent eventType, long bytesTransferred) {
       if (progress != null) {
         progress.progress();
       }
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/performance/ITestCreateFileCost.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/performance/ITestCreateFileCost.java
index c9a7415c18103..5bd4bf412ffa5 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/performance/ITestCreateFileCost.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/performance/ITestCreateFileCost.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -213,8 +214,11 @@ public void testCreateFilePerformanceFlag() throws Throwable {
     S3AFileSystem fs = getFileSystem();
 
     Path path = methodPath();
+    // increment progress events
+    AtomicLong progressEvents = new AtomicLong(0);
     FSDataOutputStreamBuilder builder = fs.createFile(path)
         .overwrite(false)
+        .progress(progressEvents::incrementAndGet)
         .recursive();
 
     // this has a broken return type; something to do with the return value of
@@ -225,6 +229,10 @@ public void testCreateFilePerformanceFlag() throws Throwable {
         always(NO_HEAD_OR_LIST),
         with(OBJECT_BULK_DELETE_REQUEST, 0),
         with(OBJECT_DELETE_REQUEST, 0));
+
+    Assertions.assertThat(progressEvents.get())
+        .describedAs("progress events")
+        .isGreaterThanOrEqualTo(1);
   }
 
   @Test