diff --git a/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/client/impl/protocol/ClientMessage.java b/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/client/impl/protocol/ClientMessage.java
index a722449a9c627..2e2142faceb02 100644
--- a/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/client/impl/protocol/ClientMessage.java
+++ b/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/client/impl/protocol/ClientMessage.java
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ public boolean readFrom(ByteBuffer src) {
                 //we don't have even the frame length ready
                 return false;
             }
-            frameLength = Bits.readIntL(src.array(), 0);
+            frameLength = Bits.readIntL(src.array(), src.position());
             if (USE_UNSAFE) {
                 wrap(new UnsafeBuffer(new byte[frameLength]), 0);
             } else {
diff --git a/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/client/protocol/ClientMessageAccumulatorTest.java b/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/client/protocol/ClientMessageAccumulatorTest.java
index 5304b00a50eac..c6a813e37015f 100644
--- a/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/client/protocol/ClientMessageAccumulatorTest.java
+++ b/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/client/protocol/ClientMessageAccumulatorTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 public class ClientMessageAccumulatorTest {
 
 
-    private static final byte[] BYTE_DATA = new byte[] { 24, 0, 0, 0 ,0, 0, 0 ,0, 0, 0 ,0, 0, 0 ,0, 0, 0 ,0, 0, 0 ,0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
+    private static final byte[] BYTE_DATA = new byte[] { 0, 0, 24, 0, 0, 0 ,0, 0, 0 ,0, 0, 0 ,0, 0, 0 ,0, 0, 0 ,0, 0, 0 ,0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
+    private static final int OFFSET = 2;
 
     @Before
     public void setUp() {
@@ -39,13 +40,14 @@ public void tearDown() {
     public void shouldAccumulateClientMessageCorrectly() {
         ClientMessage accumulator = ClientMessage.create();
         final ByteBuffer inBuffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(BYTE_DATA);
+        inBuffer.position(OFFSET);
         accumulator.readFrom(inBuffer);
 
         final ByteBuffer byteBuffer = accumulatedByteBuffer(accumulator.buffer(), accumulator.index());
         assertEquals(0, byteBuffer.position());
         assertEquals(accumulator.getFrameLength(), byteBuffer.limit());
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < byteBuffer.limit(); i++) {
+        for (int i = OFFSET; i < byteBuffer.limit(); i++) {
             assertEquals(BYTE_DATA[i], byteBuffer.get());
         }
         assertTrue(accumulator.isComplete());