diff --git a/java/core/src/java/org/apache/orc/impl/TreeReaderFactory.java b/java/core/src/java/org/apache/orc/impl/TreeReaderFactory.java
index 6c8ecfdb51..d390ff47c1 100644
--- a/java/core/src/java/org/apache/orc/impl/TreeReaderFactory.java
+++ b/java/core/src/java/org/apache/orc/impl/TreeReaderFactory.java
@@ -794,6 +794,7 @@ public void nextVector(ColumnVector previousVector,
       // Read present/isNull stream
       super.nextVector(result, isNull, batchSize);
 
+      scratchlcv.ensureSize(batchSize, false);
       BytesColumnVectorUtil.readOrcByteArrays(stream, lengths, scratchlcv, result, batchSize);
     }
 
@@ -1365,6 +1366,7 @@ public void nextVector(ColumnVector previousVector,
       // Read present/isNull stream
       super.nextVector(result, isNull, batchSize);
 
+      scratchlcv.ensureSize(batchSize, false);
       BytesColumnVectorUtil.readOrcByteArrays(stream, lengths, scratchlcv,
           result, batchSize);
     }
diff --git a/java/core/src/test/org/apache/orc/TestVectorOrcFile.java b/java/core/src/test/org/apache/orc/TestVectorOrcFile.java
index 112edb91b7..6dcef20dee 100644
--- a/java/core/src/test/org/apache/orc/TestVectorOrcFile.java
+++ b/java/core/src/test/org/apache/orc/TestVectorOrcFile.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 
 import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
@@ -2779,4 +2780,41 @@ public void testMaps() throws Exception {
     rows.nextBatch(batch);
     assertEquals(0, batch.size);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testExpansion() throws Exception {
+    TypeDescription schema =
+        TypeDescription.fromString(
+            "struct<list1:array<string>," +
+                    "list2:array<binary>>");
+    Writer writer = OrcFile.createWriter(testFilePath,
+        OrcFile.writerOptions(conf).setSchema(schema));
+    VectorizedRowBatch batch = schema.createRowBatch();
+    batch.size = 2;
+    ListColumnVector list1 = (ListColumnVector) batch.cols[0];
+    BytesColumnVector str = (BytesColumnVector) list1.child;
+    str.ensureSize(6000, false);
+    ListColumnVector list2 = (ListColumnVector) batch.cols[1];
+    BytesColumnVector bin = (BytesColumnVector) list2.child;
+    bin.ensureSize(6000, false);
+    list1.offsets[0] = 0;
+    list1.lengths[0] = 2000;
+    list2.offsets[1] = 2000;
+    list2.lengths[1] = 3000;
+    for(int v=0; v < 5000; ++v) {
+      byte[] bytes = Long.toHexString(v).getBytes();
+      str.setVal(v, bytes);
+      bin.setVal(v, bytes);
+    }
+    writer.addRowBatch(batch);
+    writer.close();
+    Reader reader = OrcFile.createReader(testFilePath,
+        OrcFile.readerOptions(conf));
+    RecordReader rows = reader.rows();
+    batch = reader.getSchema().createRowBatch();
+    assertTrue(rows.nextBatch(batch));
+    assertEquals(2, batch.size);
+    assertFalse(rows.nextBatch(batch));
+    rows.close();
+  }
 }