diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/storage/BlockOutputStream.java b/hadoop-hdds/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/storage/BlockOutputStream.java
index a6cd98e48ad9..b676b1dc23de 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/storage/BlockOutputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/storage/BlockOutputStream.java
@@ -855,7 +855,11 @@ private void appendLastChunkBuffer(ChunkBuffer chunkBuffer, int offset,
         try {
           LOG.debug("put into last chunk buffer start = {} len = {}",
               copyStart, copyLen);
-          lastChunkBuffer.put(bb.array(), copyStart, copyLen);
+          int origPos = bb.position();
+          int origLimit = bb.limit();
+          bb.position(copyStart).limit(copyStart + copyLen);
+          lastChunkBuffer.put(bb);
+          bb.position(origPos).limit(origLimit);
         } catch (BufferOverflowException e) {
           LOG.error("appending from " + copyStart + " for len=" + copyLen +
               ". lastChunkBuffer remaining=" + lastChunkBuffer.remaining() +