diff --git a/accounts-db/src/tiered_storage/footer.rs b/accounts-db/src/tiered_storage/footer.rs
index 22f4128a8a8549..bca2764c223430 100644
--- a/accounts-db/src/tiered_storage/footer.rs
+++ b/accounts-db/src/tiered_storage/footer.rs
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ mod tests {
         let expected_footer = TieredStorageFooter {
             account_meta_format: AccountMetaFormat::Hot,
             owners_block_format: OwnersBlockFormat::LocalIndex,
-            index_block_format: IndexBlockFormat::AddressAndOffset,
+            index_block_format: IndexBlockFormat::AddressAndBlockOffsetOnly,
             account_block_format: AccountBlockFormat::AlignedRaw,
             account_entry_count: 300,
             account_meta_entry_size: 24,
diff --git a/accounts-db/src/tiered_storage/hot.rs b/accounts-db/src/tiered_storage/hot.rs
index 32d31e12cb290f..3d7e7881070f39 100644
--- a/accounts-db/src/tiered_storage/hot.rs
+++ b/accounts-db/src/tiered_storage/hot.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub const HOT_FORMAT: TieredStorageFormat = TieredStorageFormat {
     meta_entry_size: std::mem::size_of::<HotAccountMeta>(),
     account_meta_format: AccountMetaFormat::Hot,
     owners_block_format: OwnersBlockFormat::LocalIndex,
-    index_block_format: IndexBlockFormat::AddressAndOffset,
+    index_block_format: IndexBlockFormat::AddressAndBlockOffsetOnly,
     account_block_format: AccountBlockFormat::AlignedRaw,
 };
 
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ pub mod tests {
         let expected_footer = TieredStorageFooter {
             account_meta_format: AccountMetaFormat::Hot,
             owners_block_format: OwnersBlockFormat::LocalIndex,
-            index_block_format: IndexBlockFormat::AddressAndOffset,
+            index_block_format: IndexBlockFormat::AddressAndBlockOffsetOnly,
             account_block_format: AccountBlockFormat::AlignedRaw,
             account_entry_count: 300,
             account_meta_entry_size: 16,
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ pub mod tests {
             .iter()
             .map(|address| AccountIndexWriterEntry {
                 address,
-                block_offset: rng.gen_range(0..u64::MAX),
+                block_offset: rng.gen_range(0..u32::MAX),
                 intra_block_offset: rng.gen_range(0..4096),
             })
             .collect();
@@ -532,7 +532,8 @@ pub mod tests {
         let hot_storage = HotStorageReader::new_from_path(&path).unwrap();
         for (i, index_writer_entry) in index_writer_entries.iter().enumerate() {
             let account_offset = hot_storage.get_account_offset(IndexOffset(i)).unwrap();
-            assert_eq!(account_offset.block as u64, index_writer_entry.block_offset);
+            assert_eq!(account_offset.block as u32, index_writer_entry.block_offset);
+
             let account_address = hot_storage.get_account_address(IndexOffset(i)).unwrap();
 
             assert_eq!(account_address, index_writer_entry.address);
diff --git a/accounts-db/src/tiered_storage/index.rs b/accounts-db/src/tiered_storage/index.rs
index 0ac7e721687326..3b8a4ffe2abf33 100644
--- a/accounts-db/src/tiered_storage/index.rs
+++ b/accounts-db/src/tiered_storage/index.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ use {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct AccountIndexWriterEntry<'a> {
     pub address: &'a Pubkey,
-    pub block_offset: u64,
-    pub intra_block_offset: u64,
+    pub block_offset: u32,
+    pub intra_block_offset: u32,
 }
 
 /// The offset to an account stored inside its accounts block.
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ pub struct IndexOffset(pub usize);
 )]
 pub enum IndexBlockFormat {
     /// This format optimizes the storage size by storing only account addresses
-    /// and offsets.  It skips storing the size of account data by storing account
-    /// block entries and index block entries in the same order.
+    /// and block offsets.  It skips storing the size of account data by storing
+    /// account block entries and index block entries in the same order.
     #[default]
-    AddressAndOffset = 0,
+    AddressAndBlockOffsetOnly = 0,
 }
 
 impl IndexBlockFormat {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ impl IndexBlockFormat {
         index_entries: &[AccountIndexWriterEntry],
     ) -> TieredStorageResult<usize> {
         match self {
-            Self::AddressAndOffset => {
+            Self::AddressAndBlockOffsetOnly => {
                 let mut bytes_written = 0;
                 for index_entry in index_entries {
                     bytes_written += file.write_type(index_entry.address)?;
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ impl IndexBlockFormat {
         index_offset: IndexOffset,
     ) -> TieredStorageResult<&'a Pubkey> {
         let account_offset = match self {
-            Self::AddressAndOffset => {
+            Self::AddressAndBlockOffsetOnly => {
                 footer.index_block_offset as usize + std::mem::size_of::<Pubkey>() * index_offset.0
             }
         };
@@ -99,13 +99,14 @@ impl IndexBlockFormat {
         index_offset: IndexOffset,
     ) -> TieredStorageResult<AccountOffset> {
         match self {
-            Self::AddressAndOffset => {
+            Self::AddressAndBlockOffsetOnly => {
                 let account_offset = footer.index_block_offset as usize
                     + std::mem::size_of::<Pubkey>() * footer.account_entry_count as usize
-                    + index_offset.0 * std::mem::size_of::<u64>();
-                let (account_block_offset, _) = get_type(map, account_offset)?;
+                    + index_offset.0 * std::mem::size_of::<u32>();
+                let (block_offset, _) = get_type::<u32>(mmap, account_offset)?;
+
                 Ok(AccountOffset {
-                    block: *account_block_offset,
+                    block: *block_offset as usize,
                 })
             }
         }
@@ -114,7 +115,9 @@ impl IndexBlockFormat {
     /// Returns the size of one index entry.
     pub fn entry_size(&self) -> usize {
         match self {
-            Self::AddressAndOffset => std::mem::size_of::<Pubkey>() + std::mem::size_of::<u64>(),
+            Self::AddressAndBlockOffsetOnly => {
+                std::mem::size_of::<Pubkey>() + std::mem::size_of::<u32>()
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -150,11 +153,11 @@ mod tests {
 
         {
             let file = TieredStorageFile::new_writable(&path).unwrap();
-            let indexer = IndexBlockFormat::AddressAndOffset;
+            let indexer = IndexBlockFormat::AddressAndBlockOffsetOnly;
             indexer.write_index_block(&file, &index_entries).unwrap();
         }
 
-        let indexer = IndexBlockFormat::AddressAndOffset;
+        let indexer = IndexBlockFormat::AddressAndBlockOffsetOnly;
         let file = OpenOptions::new()
             .read(true)
             .create(false)
@@ -165,7 +168,7 @@ mod tests {
             let account_offset = indexer
                 .get_account_offset(&map, &footer, IndexOffset(i))
                 .unwrap();
-            assert_eq!(index_entry.block_offset, account_offset.block as u64);
+            assert_eq!(index_entry.block_offset, account_offset.block as u32);
             let address = indexer
                 .get_account_address(&map, &footer, IndexOffset(i))
                 .unwrap();