diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonList.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonList.java
index c628af5f8..92f12f1cf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonList.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonList.java
@@ -70,11 +70,12 @@ public class ScalarTypeJsonList {
 
     @Override
     public List read(DataReader dataReader) throws SQLException {
+      String json = dataReader.getString();
       try {
         // parse JSON into modifyAware list
-        return EJson.parseList(dataReader.getString(), true);
+        return EJson.parseList(json, true);
       } catch (IOException e) {
-        throw new SQLException("Failed to parse JSON content as List: [" + dataReader.getString() + "]", e);
+        throw new SQLException("Failed to parse JSON content as List: [" + json + "]", e);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonSet.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonSet.java
index f2605331f..afe521fe6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonSet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonSet.java
@@ -73,11 +73,12 @@ public class ScalarTypeJsonSet {
 
     @Override
     public Set read(DataReader dataReader) throws SQLException {
+      String json = dataReader.getString();
       try {
         // parse JSON into modifyAware list
-        return EJson.parseSet(dataReader.getString(), true);
+        return EJson.parseSet(json, true);
       } catch (IOException e) {
-        throw new SQLException("Failed to parse JSON content as List: [" + dataReader.getString() + "]", e);
+        throw new SQLException("Failed to parse JSON content as List: [" + json + "]", e);
       }
     }