diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/optimizations/RedundantFieldInitializerRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/optimizations/RedundantFieldInitializerRule.java
index 3fc599ffb6..f9d18882f5 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/optimizations/RedundantFieldInitializerRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/optimizations/RedundantFieldInitializerRule.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class RedundantFieldInitializerRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
                                     value = (int) literal.getImage().charAt(1);
                                 }
 
-                                if (value.intValue() == 0) {
+                                if (value.longValue() == 0) {
                                     addViolation(data, variableDeclarator);
                                 }
                             }
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/optimizations/xml/RedundantFieldInitializer.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/optimizations/xml/RedundantFieldInitializer.xml
index 268dbab4f0..ad2450bc61 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/optimizations/xml/RedundantFieldInitializer.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/optimizations/xml/RedundantFieldInitializer.xml
@@ -1292,4 +1292,14 @@ public class Bar {
 }
         </code>
     </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>#1418 RedundantFieldInitializer false positive with large long value</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class SomeClass {
+    private long someNumber = 0x100000000000L;
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
 </test-data>
diff --git a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
index e034508139..f2060eded7 100644
--- a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
+++ b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
@@ -22,14 +22,16 @@
 **Bugfixes:**
 
 *   java-controversial/DefaultPackage:
-    *    [#1410](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1410/): DefaultPackage triggers on field annotated with @VisibleForTesting
+    *   [#1410](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1410/): DefaultPackage triggers on field annotated with @VisibleForTesting
 *   java-design/CloseResource:
-    *    [#1387](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1387/): CloseResource has false positive for ResultSet
+    *   [#1387](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1387/): CloseResource has false positive for ResultSet
+*   java-optimizations/RedundantFieldInitializer
+    *   [#1418](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1418/): RedundantFieldInitializer false positive with large long value
 *   java-strings/InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration:
-    *    [#1409](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1409/): NullPointerException in InsufficientStringBufferRule
-    *    [#1413](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1413/): False positive StringBuffer constructor with ?: int value
+    *   [#1409](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1409/): NullPointerException in InsufficientStringBufferRule
+    *   [#1413](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1413/): False positive StringBuffer constructor with ?: int value
 *   java-unnecessary/UselessParentheses:
-    *    [#1407](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1407/): UselessParentheses "&" and "+" operator precedence
+    *   [#1407](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1407/): UselessParentheses "&" and "+" operator precedence
 
 
 **API Changes:**