diff --git a/src/frontend/org/voltdb/VoltTable.java b/src/frontend/org/voltdb/VoltTable.java
index 1c5d73318d5..4bcd87c2df9 100644
--- a/src/frontend/org/voltdb/VoltTable.java
+++ b/src/frontend/org/voltdb/VoltTable.java
@@ -1310,7 +1310,10 @@ public byte[] getCompressedBytes() throws IOException {
                 return CompressionService.compressBuffer(m_buffer);
             } else {
                 assert(m_buffer.hasArray());
-                return CompressionService.compressBytes(m_buffer.array(), m_buffer.position(), m_buffer.limit());
+                return CompressionService.compressBytes(
+                            m_buffer.array(),
+                            m_buffer.arrayOffset() + m_buffer.position(),
+                            m_buffer.limit());
             }
         } finally {
             m_buffer.position(startPosition);
@@ -1325,7 +1328,10 @@ public Future<byte[]> getCompressedBytesAsync() throws IOException {
                 return CompressionService.compressBufferAsync(m_buffer.duplicate());
             } else {
                 assert(m_buffer.hasArray());
-                return CompressionService.compressBytesAsync(m_buffer.array(), m_buffer.position(), m_buffer.limit());
+                return CompressionService.compressBytesAsync(
+                        m_buffer.array(),
+                        m_buffer.arrayOffset() + m_buffer.position(),
+                        m_buffer.limit());
             }
         } finally {
             m_buffer.position(startPosition);
diff --git a/tests/frontend/org/voltdb/TestVoltTable.java b/tests/frontend/org/voltdb/TestVoltTable.java
index ed3323f3adc..20e558cca66 100644
--- a/tests/frontend/org/voltdb/TestVoltTable.java
+++ b/tests/frontend/org/voltdb/TestVoltTable.java
@@ -263,6 +263,58 @@ public void testResizedTable() {
         }
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Use a heap buffer with an array offset to simulate a result set
+     * from the EE
+     */
+    public void testCompressionWithArrayOffset() throws Exception {
+        testResizedTable();
+        ByteBuffer buf = t.getBuffer();
+        byte bytes[] = new byte[buf.remaining() + 12];
+        byte subBytes[] = new byte[buf.remaining()];
+        buf.get(subBytes);
+        System.arraycopy(subBytes, 0, bytes, 12, subBytes.length);
+
+        buf = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes);
+        buf.position(12);
+        buf = buf.slice();
+
+        VoltTable vt = PrivateVoltTableFactory.createVoltTableFromBuffer(buf, true);
+
+        FastSerializer fs = new FastSerializer();
+        fs.writeObject(t);
+
+        byte uncompressedBytes[] = fs.getBytes();
+
+
+        /*
+         * Test the sync method
+         */
+        byte decompressedBytes[] = CompressionService
+                .decompressBytes(vt.getCompressedBytes());
+        vt = PrivateVoltTableFactory.createVoltTableFromBuffer(
+                ByteBuffer.wrap(decompressedBytes), true);
+        fs = new FastSerializer();
+        fs.writeObject(vt);
+        byte bytesForComparison[] = fs.getBytes();
+        assertTrue(java.util.Arrays.equals(bytesForComparison,
+                uncompressedBytes));
+
+        /*
+         * Now test async
+         */
+        vt = PrivateVoltTableFactory.createVoltTableFromBuffer(buf, true);
+        decompressedBytes = CompressionService
+                .decompressBytes(vt.getCompressedBytes());
+        vt = PrivateVoltTableFactory.createVoltTableFromBuffer(
+                ByteBuffer.wrap(decompressedBytes), true);
+        fs = new FastSerializer();
+        fs.writeObject(vt);
+        bytesForComparison = fs.getBytes();
+        assertTrue(java.util.Arrays.equals(bytesForComparison,
+                uncompressedBytes));
+    }
+
     public void testCompression() throws Exception {
         testResizedTable();
         byte compressedBytes[] = t.getCompressedBytes();