diff --git a/decode_bytes.go b/decode_bytes.go
index 2b13311..e563c4a 100644
--- a/decode_bytes.go
+++ b/decode_bytes.go
@@ -65,10 +65,11 @@ func (d *bytesDecoder) decode(buf []byte, cursor int64, p unsafe.Pointer) (int64
 	cursor = c
 	decodedLen := base64.StdEncoding.DecodedLen(len(bytes))
 	b := make([]byte, decodedLen)
-	if _, err := base64.StdEncoding.Decode(b, bytes); err != nil {
+	n, err := base64.StdEncoding.Decode(b, bytes)
+	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	*(*[]byte)(p) = b
+	*(*[]byte)(p) = b[:n]
 	return cursor, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/decode_test.go b/decode_test.go
index ff64165..5e401aa 100644
--- a/decode_test.go
+++ b/decode_test.go
@@ -1864,6 +1864,7 @@ func TestUnmarshalMarshal(t *testing.T) {
 		return
 	}
 }
+*/
 
 var numberTests = []struct {
 	in       string
@@ -1916,6 +1917,7 @@ func TestLargeByteSlice(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+/*
 type Xint struct {
 	X int
 }