diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/VanillaChronicleMap.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/VanillaChronicleMap.java
index 8eed059e9..705fa0ebc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/VanillaChronicleMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/VanillaChronicleMap.java
@@ -779,7 +779,8 @@ class VanillaChronicleMap<K, KI, MKI extends MetaBytesInterop<K, KI>,
 
         V onKeyAbsentOnAcquire(ThreadLocalCopies copies, K key, long keySize, V usingValue,
                                long offset) {
-            NativeBytes entry = entry(offset);
+            incrementSize();
+            MultiStoreBytes entry = entry(offset);
             entry.skip(keySizeMarshaller.sizeEncodingSize(keySize) + keySize);
             skipReplicationBytes(entry);
             V v = readValue(copies, entry, usingValue);
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/DefaultValueTest.java b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/DefaultValueTest.java
index ddcbcb58a..249b017ad 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/DefaultValueTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/DefaultValueTest.java
@@ -41,17 +41,17 @@ public class DefaultValueTest {
                     .of(String.class, (Class<List<Integer>>) ((Class) List.class))
                     .defaultValue(defaultValue).file(file).create()) {
 
-                assertEquals(defaultValue, map.get("a"));
+                assertEquals(defaultValue, map.acquireUsing("a", null));
                 assertEquals(1, map.size());
 
                 map.put("b", Arrays.asList(1, 2));
-                assertEquals(Arrays.asList(1, 2), map.get("b"));
+                assertEquals(Arrays.asList(1, 2), map.acquireUsing("b", null));
             }
 
             try (ChronicleMap<String, List<Integer>> map = ChronicleMapBuilder
                     .of(String.class, (Class<List<Integer>>) ((Class) List.class)).file(file).
                  create()) {
-                assertEquals(defaultValue, map.get("c"));
+                assertEquals(defaultValue, map.acquireUsing("c", null));
             }
         } finally {
             file.delete();