diff --git a/artemis-journal/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/journal/impl/dataformat/JournalAddRecord.java b/artemis-journal/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/journal/impl/dataformat/JournalAddRecord.java
index 6e5b651353..fe4d432830 100644
--- a/artemis-journal/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/journal/impl/dataformat/JournalAddRecord.java
+++ b/artemis-journal/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/journal/impl/dataformat/JournalAddRecord.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class JournalAddRecord extends JournalInternalRecord {
 
       int recordEncodeSize = persister.getEncodeSize(record);
 
-      buffer.writeInt(persister.getEncodeSize(record));
+      buffer.writeInt(recordEncodeSize);
 
       buffer.writeByte(recordType);