diff --git a/tile/AEBaseTile.java b/tile/AEBaseTile.java
index 937c81e9b..7149c4129 100644
--- a/tile/AEBaseTile.java
+++ b/tile/AEBaseTile.java
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ public class AEBaseTile extends TileEntity implements IOrientable, ICommonTile,
 			AELog.error( t );
 		}
 
+		stream.capacity( stream.readableBytes() );
 		data.setByteArray( "X", stream.array() );
 		return new S35PacketUpdateTileEntity( xCoord, yCoord, zCoord, 64, data );
 	}