diff --git a/python/test/unit/language/test_core.py b/python/test/unit/language/test_core.py
index a18c1116e1..a90f4568f5 100644
--- a/python/test/unit/language/test_core.py
+++ b/python/test/unit/language/test_core.py
@@ -2803,6 +2803,23 @@ def histogram_kernel(x_ptr, z_ptr, M: tl.constexpr, N: tl.constexpr):
     assert (z_torch == z).all()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.interpreter
+def test_histogram_silent_data_corruption(device):
+
+    @triton.jit
+    def histogram_kernel(x_ptr, z_ptr):
+        offset = tl.arange(0, 1)
+        x = tl.load(x_ptr + offset)
+        z = tl.histogram(x, 1)
+        tl.store(z_ptr + offset, z)
+
+    x = torch.ones(1, device=device, dtype=torch.int32)
+    z = torch.ones(2, device=device, dtype=torch.int32)
+
+    histogram_kernel[(1, )](x, z)
+    assert z[1] == 1, f"Second element shouldn't be affected, expected_buffer=[1, 1], actual_buffer={z}"
+
+
 # ------------------------
 # test histogram with mask
 # ------------------------
diff --git a/python/triton/runtime/interpreter.py b/python/triton/runtime/interpreter.py
index aaacc9db27..8ab210be68 100644
--- a/python/triton/runtime/interpreter.py
+++ b/python/triton/runtime/interpreter.py
@@ -603,9 +603,17 @@ def create_make_range(self, ret_ty, start, stop):
     def create_histogram(self, data, bins, mask):
         if mask is None:
             mask = TensorHandle(np.ones_like(data.data, dtype=bool), tl.int1)
+
+        # By default np.histogram returns int64 dtype values
+        # Docs specify that returned dtype is taken based on optional weights.dtype
+        # This is fix for interpreter cases where for example int32 tensor is being passed
+        # But unexpectedly int64 values are being returned causing
+        # tl.store to write 8 bytes instead of 4 bytes which lead to silent data corruption
+        dummy_weights = np.ones_like(data.data, dtype=data.data.dtype)
+
         # force all masked elements to zero
         data = np.where(mask.data, data.data, np.zeros_like(data.data))
-        histogram = np.histogram(data, bins=bins, range=(0, bins))[0]
+        histogram = np.histogram(data, bins=bins, range=(0, bins), weights=dummy_weights)[0]
         # remove overcounted elements
         histogram[0] -= np.logical_not(mask.data).sum()
         return TensorHandle(histogram, tl.int32)