diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/EngineMap.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/EngineMap.java
index 11f4013e9..0a25773df 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/EngineMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/EngineMap.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package net.openhft.chronicle.map;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.bytes.Bytes;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.function.SerializableFunction;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.wire.TextWire;
-import net.openhft.chronicle.wire.ValueOut;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.wire.Wire;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ public class EngineMap<K, V> implements ChronicleMap<K, V> {
         if (b == null)
             return null;
         final Wire wire = toWire();
-        ((ValueOut) b).object(b);
+        wire.getValueOut().object(b);
         wire.bytes().flip();
 
         return toWire().getValueIn().bytes();