diff --git a/gremlin-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/driver/ser/binary/types/ByteBufferSerializer.java b/gremlin-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/driver/ser/binary/types/ByteBufferSerializer.java
index e2305ed8442..0339280344d 100644
--- a/gremlin-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/driver/ser/binary/types/ByteBufferSerializer.java
+++ b/gremlin-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/driver/ser/binary/types/ByteBufferSerializer.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public ByteBufferSerializer() {
     ByteBuffer readValue(final ByteBuf buffer, final GraphBinaryReader context) throws SerializationException {
         final ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.allocate(buffer.readInt());
         buffer.readBytes(bb);
+        bb.rewind();
         return bb;
     }
 
diff --git a/gremlin-driver/src/test/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/driver/ser/binary/GraphBinaryReaderWriterRoundTripTest.java b/gremlin-driver/src/test/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/driver/ser/binary/GraphBinaryReaderWriterRoundTripTest.java
index 1763279e366..536f6743556 100644
--- a/gremlin-driver/src/test/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/driver/ser/binary/GraphBinaryReaderWriterRoundTripTest.java
+++ b/gremlin-driver/src/test/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/driver/ser/binary/GraphBinaryReaderWriterRoundTripTest.java
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public static Collection input() throws Exception {
                 new Object[] {"Binding", new Bytecode.Binding<>("x", 123), null},
                 new Object[] {"Traverser", new DefaultRemoteTraverser<>("marko", 100), null},
                 new Object[] {"Class", Bytecode.class, null},
-                new Object[] {"ByteBuffer", ByteBuffer.allocate(8).putLong(123456), null},
+                new Object[] {"ByteBuffer", ByteBuffer.wrap(new byte[]{ 1, 2, 3 }), null},
                 new Object[] {"InetAddressV4", InetAddress.getByName("localhost"), null},
                 new Object[] {"InetAddressV6", InetAddress.getByName("::1"), null},
                 new Object[] {"Lambda0", Lambda.supplier("return 1"), null},