diff --git a/indexing-common/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/data/StringInputRowParser.java b/indexing-common/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/data/StringInputRowParser.java
index b3942d67d27..c1b52d142c6 100644
--- a/indexing-common/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/data/StringInputRowParser.java
+++ b/indexing-common/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/data/StringInputRowParser.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class StringInputRowParser implements ByteBufferInputRowParser
 
 	private Map<String, Object> buildStringKeyMap(ByteBuffer input)
 	{
-		int payloadSize = input.limit();
+		int payloadSize = input.remaining();
 
 		if (chars == null || chars.remaining() < payloadSize)
 		{
diff --git a/indexing-common/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/data/StringInputRowParserTest.java b/indexing-common/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/data/StringInputRowParserTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index bee550a9d6c..00000000000
--- a/indexing-common/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/data/StringInputRowParserTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package com.metamx.druid.indexer.data;
-
-import junit.framework.Assert;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-
-public class StringInputRowParserTest {
-
-
-
-  @Test
-  public void testPayloadSize() {
-    ByteBuffer payload = ByteBuffer.allocate(10);
-    payload.position(2);
-    payload.limit(5);
-    payload.rewind();
-    Assert.assertEquals(5, payload.limit());
-  }
-}