diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/statistics.php b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.php
index 52f7e08b88..d8c8f82d14 100644
--- a/core/modules/statistics/statistics.php
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 
 try {
+  // Added try/catch block to handle PDOException.
   chdir('../../..');
 
   $autoloader = require_once 'autoload.php';
@@ -23,7 +24,9 @@
     ->get('count_content_views');
 
   if ($views) {
-    $nid = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'nid', FILTER_VALIDATE_INT);
+    // Range set so that value of nid does not goes out of bound
+    // and PDOException is not triggered.
+    $nid = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'nid', FILTER_VALIDATE_INT, ['options' => ['min_range' => 0, 'max_range' => 4294967295]]);
     if ($nid) {
       $container->get('request_stack')->push(Request::createFromGlobals());
       $container->get('statistics.storage.node')->recordView($nid);
@@ -31,5 +34,5 @@
   }
 }
 catch (\Exception $e) {
-  // Never pres
+  // Do nothing.
 }