diff --git a/include/postprocessors/MultiPeriodAverager.h b/include/postprocessors/MultiPeriodAverager.h
index 9b198bb8f5c..28dd13df806 100644
--- a/include/postprocessors/MultiPeriodAverager.h
+++ b/include/postprocessors/MultiPeriodAverager.h
@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@ class MultiPeriodAverager : public GeneralPostprocessor
   Real _value;
   /// Where we are going to be storing the next average while we calculate it
   Real _temp_value;
-  /// The number of periods that have passed
-  Real _period_count;
   /// The time when the next period starts
   Real _next_period_start;
-  /// The counter for how many periods have passed since we last updated
-  Real _cyclic_period_count;
   /// inverse of the frequency
   const Real _period;
-  /// the number of periods over which we are averaging
-  Real _num_periods;
   /// The previous post process value of the post processor we are averaging over several periods
   const PostprocessorValue & _pps_value_old;
+  /// The number of periods that have passed
+  unsigned int _period_count;
+  /// The counter for how many periods have passed since we last updated
+  unsigned int _cyclic_period_count;
+  /// the number of periods over which we are averaging
+  unsigned int _num_periods;
 };
diff --git a/include/postprocessors/PeriodicTimeIntegratedPostprocessor.h b/include/postprocessors/PeriodicTimeIntegratedPostprocessor.h
index 98d13fb8bb8..c8a9c0196d7 100644
--- a/include/postprocessors/PeriodicTimeIntegratedPostprocessor.h
+++ b/include/postprocessors/PeriodicTimeIntegratedPostprocessor.h
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ class PeriodicTimeIntegratedPostprocessor : public MultipliedTimeIntegratedPostp
   virtual void execute() override;
 
 protected:
+  /// the period of time over which to integrate
   const Real _period;
-  Real _period_count;
+  /// the total number of periods that have occured
+  unsigned int _period_count;
+  /// the point in the time when the next period begins
   Real _next_period_start;
 };
diff --git a/src/postprocessors/MultiPeriodAverager.C b/src/postprocessors/MultiPeriodAverager.C
index d191fd02ec8..d1773cc0035 100644
--- a/src/postprocessors/MultiPeriodAverager.C
+++ b/src/postprocessors/MultiPeriodAverager.C
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ MultiPeriodAverager::validParams()
   InputParameters params = GeneralPostprocessor::validParams();
   params.addClassDescription(
       "Calculate the average value of a post processor over multiple periods");
-  params.addRangeCheckedParam<Real>("number_of_periods",
-                                    "number_of_periods > 0",
-                                    "The number of periods over which you are averaging");
+  params.addRangeCheckedParam<unsigned int>("number_of_periods",
+                                            "number_of_periods > 0",
+                                            "The number of periods over which you are averaging");
   params.addParam<PostprocessorName>(
       "value", "The name of the postprocessor you would like to average over multiple periods");
   params.addRequiredRangeCheckedParam<Real>(
@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@ MultiPeriodAverager::MultiPeriodAverager(const InputParameters & parameters)
   : GeneralPostprocessor(parameters),
     _value(0),
     _temp_value(0),
-    _period_count(0),
     _period(1.0 / getParam<Real>("cycle_frequency")),
-    _num_periods(getParam<Real>("number_of_periods")),
-    _pps_value_old(getPostprocessorValueOld("value"))
+    _pps_value_old(getPostprocessorValueOld("value")),
+    _period_count(0),
+    _cyclic_period_count(0),
+    _num_periods(getParam<uint>("number_of_periods"))
 {
   _next_period_start = _period;
 }
@@ -46,21 +47,21 @@ MultiPeriodAverager::execute()
 {
   // lets check if we will be reaching the next period on the next
   // time step
-  if ((_t + _dt - _next_period_start) / _next_period_start >= 1e-6)
-  {
-    _period_count += 1;
-    _cyclic_period_count += 1;
-    _next_period_start = (_period_count + 1) * _period;
-    _temp_value += _pps_value_old / _num_periods;
+  if ((_t + _dt - _next_period_start) / _next_period_start < 1e-6)
+    return;
+
+  _period_count += 1;
+  _cyclic_period_count += 1;
+  _next_period_start = (_period_count + 1) * _period;
+  _temp_value += _pps_value_old / _num_periods;
+
+  /// if its time to update the average reset the temporary values
+  if (_cyclic_period_count != _num_periods)
+    return;
 
-    /// if its time to update the average reset the temporary values
-    if (_cyclic_period_count == _num_periods)
-    {
-      _value = _temp_value;
-      _cyclic_period_count = 0;
-      _temp_value = 0;
-    }
-  }
+  _value = _temp_value;
+  _cyclic_period_count = 0;
+  _temp_value = 0;
 }
 
 Real
diff --git a/src/postprocessors/PeriodicTimeIntegratedPostprocessor.C b/src/postprocessors/PeriodicTimeIntegratedPostprocessor.C
index 1651c0f9b60..127a966a150 100644
--- a/src/postprocessors/PeriodicTimeIntegratedPostprocessor.C
+++ b/src/postprocessors/PeriodicTimeIntegratedPostprocessor.C
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ PeriodicTimeIntegratedPostprocessor::execute()
   MultipliedTimeIntegratedPostprocessor::execute();
   // lets check if we will be reaching the next period on the next
   // time step
-  if ((_t + _dt - _next_period_start) / _next_period_start >= 1e-6)
-  {
-    _period_count++;
-    _next_period_start = (_period_count + 1) * _period;
-    this->_value = 0;
-  }
+  if ((_t + _dt - _next_period_start) / _next_period_start < 1e-6)
+    return;
+
+  _period_count++;
+  _next_period_start = (_period_count + 1) * _period;
+  this->_value = 0;
 }