diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ReplicatedChronicleMap.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ReplicatedChronicleMap.java
index 2a7c163e6..d4d000ae4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ReplicatedChronicleMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ReplicatedChronicleMap.java
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ class ReplicatedChronicleMap<K, V> extends VanillaChronicleMap<K, V>
             } else {
                 return null;
             }
-
+            alignment.alignPositionAddr(entry);
             return valueMarshaller.read(entry, usingValue);
         } finally {
             entry.position(start);