diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/get/ShardGetService.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/get/ShardGetService.java
index ad3953d89cf..3d40fd8a3af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/get/ShardGetService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/get/ShardGetService.java
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public class ShardGetService extends AbstractIndexShardComponent {
                         }
                         if (value == null) {
                             if (field.isBinary()) {
-                                value = field.getBinaryValue();
+                                value = new BytesArray(field.getBinaryValue(), field.getBinaryOffset(), field.getBinaryLength());
                             } else {
                                 value = field.stringValue();
                             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/FetchPhase.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/FetchPhase.java
index 2cfa36d673d..bae3fff0a37 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/FetchPhase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/FetchPhase.java
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public class FetchPhase implements SearchPhase {
                 }
                 if (value == null) {
                     if (field.isBinary()) {
-                        value = field.getBinaryValue();
+                        value = new BytesArray(field.getBinaryValue(), field.getBinaryOffset(), field.getBinaryLength());
                     } else {
                         value = field.stringValue();
                     }