diff --git a/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/helpers/v249/MeshHelper.java b/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/helpers/v249/MeshHelper.java
index 6350e5332..aacec0570 100644
--- a/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/helpers/v249/MeshHelper.java
+++ b/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/helpers/v249/MeshHelper.java
@@ -304,13 +304,13 @@ public class MeshHelper extends AbstractBlenderHelper {
 
 			// creating vertices indices for this mesh
 			List<Integer> indexList = meshEntry.getValue();
-			short[] indices = new short[indexList.size()];//TODO: check if the model doesn't have more than 32767 vertices
-			for (int i = 0; i < indexList.size(); ++i) {//if yes then mesh.getVertices method must be changed to accept other than ShortBuffer
-				indices[i] = indexList.get(i).shortValue();
+			int[] indices = new int[indexList.size()];
+			for (int i = 0; i < indexList.size(); ++i) {
+				indices[i] = indexList.get(i).intValue();
 			}
 
 			// setting vertices
-			mesh.setBuffer(Type.Index, 1, BufferUtils.createShortBuffer(indices));
+			mesh.setBuffer(Type.Index, 1, indices);
 			mesh.setBuffer(verticesBuffer);
 			mesh.setBuffer(verticesBind);