diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringPointable.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringPointable.java
index 8013e05..f54741d 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringPointable.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringPointable.java
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@
     }
 
     public static int compare(IValueReference valueA, IValueReference valueB) {
-        return UTF8StringUtil.compareTo(valueA.getByteArray(), valueA.getStartOffset(), valueA.getLength(),
-                valueB.getByteArray(), valueB.getStartOffset(), valueB.getLength());
+        return UTF8StringUtil.compareTo(valueA.getByteArray(), valueA.getStartOffset(), valueB.getByteArray(),
+                valueB.getStartOffset());
     }
 
     /**