diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/ByteableMarshaller.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/ByteableMarshaller.java
index 6ccbaa1e8..3358adf89 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/ByteableMarshaller.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/ByteableMarshaller.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public abstract class ByteableMarshaller<E extends Byteable>
         try {
             if (toReuse == null)
                 toReuse = getInstance();
-            toReuse.bytes(bytes, bytes.position());
+            setBytesAndOffset(toReuse, bytes);
             bytes.skip(size);
             return toReuse;
         } catch (Exception ex) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/DataValueBytesMarshallers.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/DataValueBytesMarshallers.java
index fcf065a91..c12280146 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/DataValueBytesMarshallers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/DataValueBytesMarshallers.java
@@ -492,7 +492,8 @@ public final class DataValueBytesMarshallers {
         sb.append("        if (toReuse == null)\n");
         sb.append("            toReuse = getInstance();\n");
         sb.append("        if (toReuse instanceof Byteable) {\n");
-        sb.append("            ((Byteable) toReuse).bytes(bytes, bytes.position());\n");
+        sb.append("            " +
+                "ByteableMarshaller.setBytesAndOffset(((Byteable) toReuse), bytes);\n");
         sb.append("            bytes.skip(size);\n");
         sb.append("            return toReuse;\n");
         sb.append("        }\n");
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/VanillaChronicleMap.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/VanillaChronicleMap.java
index 4ec2001f4..58e103a2d 100755
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/VanillaChronicleMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/VanillaChronicleMap.java
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ class VanillaChronicleMap<K, KI, MKI extends MetaBytesInterop<K, ? super KI>,
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // Bytes Store (essentially, the base address) and serialization-dependent offsets
     transient BytesStore ms;
+    transient Bytes bytes;
 
     transient long headerSize;
     transient long segmentHeadersOffset;
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ class VanillaChronicleMap<K, KI, MKI extends MetaBytesInterop<K, ? super KI>,
 
     final void createMappedStoreAndSegments(BytesStore bytesStore) throws IOException {
         this.ms = bytesStore;
+        bytes = ms.bytes();
 
         onHeaderCreated();
 
@@ -362,6 +364,8 @@ class VanillaChronicleMap<K, KI, MKI extends MetaBytesInterop<K, ? super KI>,
     public void close() {
         if (ms == null)
             return;
+        bytes.release();
+        bytes = null;
         ms.free();
         ms = null;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/VanillaContext.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/VanillaContext.java
index a1d182c7c..3e45bba02 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/VanillaContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/VanillaContext.java
@@ -1807,8 +1807,8 @@ class VanillaContext<K, KI, MKI extends MetaBytesInterop<K, ? super KI>,
 
     final MultiStoreBytes reuse(MultiStoreBytes entry, long pos) {
         long offsetWithinEntrySpace = pos * m.chunkSize;
-        entry.storePositionAndSize(m.ms, entrySpaceOffset + offsetWithinEntrySpace,
-                m.segmentEntrySpaceInnerSize - offsetWithinEntrySpace);
+        entry.setBytesOffset(m.bytes, entrySpaceOffset + offsetWithinEntrySpace);
+        entry.limit(m.segmentEntrySpaceInnerSize - offsetWithinEntrySpace);
         entry.position(m.metaDataBytes);
         return entry;
     }