diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/command/ActiveMQTextMessage.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/command/ActiveMQTextMessage.java
index ca8da342bf..8bd60a65e0 100755
--- a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/command/ActiveMQTextMessage.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/command/ActiveMQTextMessage.java
@@ -115,9 +115,11 @@ public class ActiveMQTextMessage extends ActiveMQMessage implements TextMessage
                 os = new DeflaterOutputStream(os);
             }
             DataOutputStream dataOut = new DataOutputStream(os);
-            MarshallingSupport.writeUTF8(dataOut, text);
+            MarshallingSupport.writeUTF8(dataOut, this.text);
             dataOut.close();
             setContent(bytesOut.toByteSequence());
+            //see https://issues.apache.org/activemq/browse/AMQ-2103
+            this.text=null;
         }
     }