diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/SizeMarshaller.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/SizeMarshaller.java
index 5c988298d..abf375ec1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/SizeMarshaller.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/SizeMarshaller.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ public interface SizeMarshaller extends Serializable {
 
     int sizeEncodingSize(long size);
 
+    long minEncodableSize();
+
     int minSizeEncodingSize();
 
     int maxSizeEncodingSize();
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/SizeMarshallers.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/SizeMarshallers.java
index 490a34a58..758c603e7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/SizeMarshallers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/SizeMarshallers.java
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ public final class SizeMarshallers {
             return stopBitLength(size);
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public long minEncodableSize() {
+            return 0L;
+        }
+
         @Override
         public int minSizeEncodingSize() {
             return 1;
@@ -75,6 +80,11 @@ public final class SizeMarshallers {
             return 0;
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public long minEncodableSize() {
+            return size;
+        }
+
         @Override
         public int minSizeEncodingSize() {
             return 0;
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 b6350cca5..db3682f36 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
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ public abstract class ByteableMarshaller<E extends Byteable>
         return 0;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public long minEncodableSize() {
+        return size;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int minSizeEncodingSize() {
         return 0;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/DoubleMarshaller.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/DoubleMarshaller.java
index 6df3b6c79..b54ca23db 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/DoubleMarshaller.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/DoubleMarshaller.java
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ public enum DoubleMarshaller implements BytesInterop<Double>, BytesReader<Double
         return 0;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public long minEncodableSize() {
+        return 8L;
+    }
+
+
     @Override
     public int minSizeEncodingSize() {
         return 0;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/IntegerMarshaller.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/IntegerMarshaller.java
index 759c9608c..b3d9139cd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/IntegerMarshaller.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/IntegerMarshaller.java
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ public enum IntegerMarshaller
         return 0;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public long minEncodableSize() {
+        return 4L;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int minSizeEncodingSize() {
         return 0;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/LongMarshaller.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/LongMarshaller.java
index 635028206..a17a2f137 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/LongMarshaller.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/LongMarshaller.java
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ public enum LongMarshaller
         return 0;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public long minEncodableSize() {
+        return 8L;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int minSizeEncodingSize() {
         return 0;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/VoidMarshaller.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/VoidMarshaller.java
index 7d75f8e1d..27ee71429 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/VoidMarshaller.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/VoidMarshaller.java
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ public enum VoidMarshaller
         return 0;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public long minEncodableSize() {
+        return 0L;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int minSizeEncodingSize() {
         return 0;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ReplicatedChronicleMap.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ReplicatedChronicleMap.java
index 375ba2699..c5faed2ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ReplicatedChronicleMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ReplicatedChronicleMap.java
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ final class ReplicatedChronicleMap<K, KI, MKI extends MetaBytesInterop<K, ? supe
                 }
                 // key is not found
                 if (remote) {
-                    long entrySize = entrySize(keySize, 0);
+                    long entrySize = entrySize(keySize, valueSizeMarshaller.minEncodableSize());
                     long pos = alloc(inChunks(entrySize));
                     long offset = offsetFromPos(pos);
                     clearMetaData(offset);
@@ -1158,6 +1158,8 @@ final class ReplicatedChronicleMap<K, KI, MKI extends MetaBytesInterop<K, ? supe
                     entry.writeLong(timestamp);
                     entry.writeByte(identifier);
                     entry.writeBoolean(true);
+                    
+                    valueSizeMarshaller.writeSize(entry, valueSizeMarshaller.minEncodableSize());
 
                     hashLookup.putAfterFailedSearch(searchState, pos);
                     hashLookup.removePosition(pos);
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/set/DummyValueMarshaller.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/set/DummyValueMarshaller.java
index 877757afa..feca01b7f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/set/DummyValueMarshaller.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/set/DummyValueMarshaller.java
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ enum DummyValueMarshaller
         return 0;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public long minEncodableSize() {
+        return 0L;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int minSizeEncodingSize() {
         return 0;