diff --git a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java
index 4b91c230f6..813feb70e5 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ public class FilesystemAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
          if (options.getRanges() != null && options.getRanges().size() > 0) {
             byte[] data;
             try {
-               data = toByteArray(blob.getPayload().getInput());
+               data = toByteArray(blob.getPayload());
             } catch (IOException e) {
                return immediateFailedFuture(new RuntimeException(e));
             }
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
index 3598e1282b..4e6074a6a6 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ public class TransientAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
          if (options.getRanges() != null && options.getRanges().size() > 0) {
             byte[] data;
             try {
-               data = toByteArray(blob.getPayload().getInput());
+               data = toByteArray(blob.getPayload());
             } catch (IOException e) {
                return immediateFailedFuture(new RuntimeException(e));
             }