diff --git a/index/scorch/snapshot_index.go b/index/scorch/snapshot_index.go
index 79840a41f..8ad073f0f 100644
--- a/index/scorch/snapshot_index.go
+++ b/index/scorch/snapshot_index.go
@@ -52,15 +52,6 @@ type asynchSegmentResult struct {
 
 var reflectStaticSizeIndexSnapshot int
 
-// DefaultFieldTFRCacheThreshold limits the number of TermFieldReaders(TFR) for
-// a field in an index snapshot. Without this limit, when recycling TFRs, it is
-// possible that a very large number of TFRs may be added to the recycle
-// cache, which could eventually lead to significant memory consumption.
-// This threshold can be overwritten by users at the library level by changing the
-// exported variable, or at the index level by setting the FieldTFRCacheThreshold
-// in the kvConfig.
-var DefaultFieldTFRCacheThreshold uint64 = 10
-
 func init() {
 	var is interface{} = IndexSnapshot{}
 	reflectStaticSizeIndexSnapshot = int(reflect.TypeOf(is).Size())
@@ -640,10 +631,27 @@ func (is *IndexSnapshot) allocTermFieldReaderDicts(field string) (tfr *IndexSnap
 	}
 }
 
-func (is *IndexSnapshot) getFieldTFRCacheThreshold() uint64 {
+// DefaultFieldTFRCacheThreshold limits the number of TermFieldReaders(TFR) for
+// a field in an index snapshot. Without this limit, when recycling TFRs, it is
+// possible that a very large number of TFRs may be added to the recycle
+// cache, which could eventually lead to significant memory consumption.
+// This threshold can be overwritten by users at the library level by changing the
+// exported variable, or at the index level by setting the "fieldTFRCacheThreshold"
+// in the kvConfig.
+var DefaultFieldTFRCacheThreshold int = 0 // disabled because it causes MB-64604
+
+func (is *IndexSnapshot) getFieldTFRCacheThreshold() int {
 	if is.parent.config != nil {
-		if _, ok := is.parent.config["FieldTFRCacheThreshold"]; ok {
-			return is.parent.config["FieldTFRCacheThreshold"].(uint64)
+		if _, exists := is.parent.config["fieldTFRCacheThreshold"]; exists {
+			val := is.parent.config["fieldTFRCacheThreshold"]
+			if x, ok := val.(float64); ok {
+				// JSON unmarshal-ed into a map[string]interface{} will default
+				// to float64 for numbers, so we need to check for float64 first.
+				return int(x)
+			} else if x, ok := val.(int); ok {
+				// If library users provided an int in the config, we'll honor it.
+				return x
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return DefaultFieldTFRCacheThreshold
@@ -670,7 +678,7 @@ func (is *IndexSnapshot) recycleTermFieldReader(tfr *IndexSnapshotTermFieldReade
 	if is.fieldTFRs == nil {
 		is.fieldTFRs = map[string][]*IndexSnapshotTermFieldReader{}
 	}
-	if uint64(len(is.fieldTFRs[tfr.field])) < is.getFieldTFRCacheThreshold() {
+	if len(is.fieldTFRs[tfr.field]) < is.getFieldTFRCacheThreshold() {
 		tfr.bytesRead = 0
 		is.fieldTFRs[tfr.field] = append(is.fieldTFRs[tfr.field], tfr)
 	}
diff --git a/index_test.go b/index_test.go
index e5094440d..a857d5ecb 100644
--- a/index_test.go
+++ b/index_test.go
@@ -421,8 +421,8 @@ func TestBytesRead(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	stats, _ = idx.StatsMap()["index"].(map[string]interface{})
 	bytesRead, _ := stats["num_bytes_read_at_query_time"].(uint64)
-	if bytesRead-prevBytesRead != 23 && res.Cost == bytesRead-prevBytesRead {
-		t.Fatalf("expected bytes read for query string 23, got %v",
+	if bytesRead-prevBytesRead != 66 && res.Cost == bytesRead-prevBytesRead {
+		t.Fatalf("expected bytes read for query string 66, got %v",
 			bytesRead-prevBytesRead)
 	}
 	prevBytesRead = bytesRead
@@ -454,8 +454,8 @@ func TestBytesRead(t *testing.T) {
 
 	stats, _ = idx.StatsMap()["index"].(map[string]interface{})
 	bytesRead, _ = stats["num_bytes_read_at_query_time"].(uint64)
-	if !approxSame(bytesRead-prevBytesRead, 150) && res.Cost == bytesRead-prevBytesRead {
-		t.Fatalf("expected bytes read for faceted query is around 150, got %v",
+	if !approxSame(bytesRead-prevBytesRead, 196) && res.Cost == bytesRead-prevBytesRead {
+		t.Fatalf("expected bytes read for faceted query is around 196, got %v",
 			bytesRead-prevBytesRead)
 	}
 	prevBytesRead = bytesRead
@@ -487,8 +487,8 @@ func TestBytesRead(t *testing.T) {
 
 	stats, _ = idx.StatsMap()["index"].(map[string]interface{})
 	bytesRead, _ = stats["num_bytes_read_at_query_time"].(uint64)
-	if bytesRead-prevBytesRead != 60 && res.Cost == bytesRead-prevBytesRead {
-		t.Fatalf("expected bytes read for query with highlighter is 60, got %v",
+	if bytesRead-prevBytesRead != 105 && res.Cost == bytesRead-prevBytesRead {
+		t.Fatalf("expected bytes read for query with highlighter is 105, got %v",
 			bytesRead-prevBytesRead)
 	}
 	prevBytesRead = bytesRead
@@ -504,8 +504,8 @@ func TestBytesRead(t *testing.T) {
 	// since it's created afresh and not reused
 	stats, _ = idx.StatsMap()["index"].(map[string]interface{})
 	bytesRead, _ = stats["num_bytes_read_at_query_time"].(uint64)
-	if bytesRead-prevBytesRead != 83 && res.Cost == bytesRead-prevBytesRead {
-		t.Fatalf("expected bytes read for disjunction query is 83, got %v",
+	if bytesRead-prevBytesRead != 120 && res.Cost == bytesRead-prevBytesRead {
+		t.Fatalf("expected bytes read for disjunction query is 120, got %v",
 			bytesRead-prevBytesRead)
 	}
 }
@@ -577,8 +577,8 @@ func TestBytesReadStored(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	stats, _ = idx.StatsMap()["index"].(map[string]interface{})
 	bytesRead, _ = stats["num_bytes_read_at_query_time"].(uint64)
-	if bytesRead-prevBytesRead != 15 && bytesRead-prevBytesRead == res.Cost {
-		t.Fatalf("expected the bytes read stat to be around 15, got %v", bytesRead-prevBytesRead)
+	if bytesRead-prevBytesRead != 48 && bytesRead-prevBytesRead == res.Cost {
+		t.Fatalf("expected the bytes read stat to be around 48, got %v", bytesRead-prevBytesRead)
 	}
 	prevBytesRead = bytesRead
 
@@ -592,8 +592,8 @@ func TestBytesReadStored(t *testing.T) {
 	stats, _ = idx.StatsMap()["index"].(map[string]interface{})
 	bytesRead, _ = stats["num_bytes_read_at_query_time"].(uint64)
 
-	if bytesRead-prevBytesRead != 26478 && bytesRead-prevBytesRead == res.Cost {
-		t.Fatalf("expected the bytes read stat to be around 26478, got %v",
+	if bytesRead-prevBytesRead != 26511 && bytesRead-prevBytesRead == res.Cost {
+		t.Fatalf("expected the bytes read stat to be around 26511, got %v",
 			bytesRead-prevBytesRead)
 	}
 	idx.Close()
@@ -653,8 +653,8 @@ func TestBytesReadStored(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	stats, _ = idx1.StatsMap()["index"].(map[string]interface{})
 	bytesRead, _ = stats["num_bytes_read_at_query_time"].(uint64)
-	if bytesRead-prevBytesRead != 12 && bytesRead-prevBytesRead == res.Cost {
-		t.Fatalf("expected the bytes read stat to be around 12, got %v", bytesRead-prevBytesRead)
+	if bytesRead-prevBytesRead != 47 && bytesRead-prevBytesRead == res.Cost {
+		t.Fatalf("expected the bytes read stat to be around 47, got %v", bytesRead-prevBytesRead)
 	}
 	prevBytesRead = bytesRead
 
@@ -666,8 +666,8 @@ func TestBytesReadStored(t *testing.T) {
 
 	stats, _ = idx1.StatsMap()["index"].(map[string]interface{})
 	bytesRead, _ = stats["num_bytes_read_at_query_time"].(uint64)
-	if bytesRead-prevBytesRead != 42 && bytesRead-prevBytesRead == res.Cost {
-		t.Fatalf("expected the bytes read stat to be around 42, got %v", bytesRead-prevBytesRead)
+	if bytesRead-prevBytesRead != 77 && bytesRead-prevBytesRead == res.Cost {
+		t.Fatalf("expected the bytes read stat to be around 77, got %v", bytesRead-prevBytesRead)
 	}
 }