diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/zxing/pdf417/decoder/DecodedBitStreamParser.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/zxing/pdf417/decoder/DecodedBitStreamParser.java
index b7835af8e8..876b324af1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/zxing/pdf417/decoder/DecodedBitStreamParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/zxing/pdf417/decoder/DecodedBitStreamParser.java
@@ -110,9 +110,11 @@ static DecoderResult decode(int[] codewords, String ecLevel) throws FormatExcept
           break;
         case BYTE_COMPACTION_MODE_LATCH:
         case BYTE_COMPACTION_MODE_LATCH_6:
-        case MODE_SHIFT_TO_BYTE_COMPACTION_MODE:
           codeIndex = byteCompaction(code, codewords, encoding, codeIndex, result);
           break;
+        case MODE_SHIFT_TO_BYTE_COMPACTION_MODE:
+          result.append((char) codewords[codeIndex++]);
+          break;
         case NUMERIC_COMPACTION_MODE_LATCH:
           codeIndex = numericCompaction(codewords, codeIndex, result);
           break;