diff --git a/src/main/java/com/madgag/aws/sdk/async/responsebytes/awssdk/core/internal/async/ByteArrayAsyncResponseTransformerAlternative.java b/src/main/java/com/madgag/aws/sdk/async/responsebytes/awssdk/core/internal/async/ByteArrayAsyncResponseTransformerAlternative.java
index 7fba76d..4d690e2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/madgag/aws/sdk/async/responsebytes/awssdk/core/internal/async/ByteArrayAsyncResponseTransformerAlternative.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/madgag/aws/sdk/async/responsebytes/awssdk/core/internal/async/ByteArrayAsyncResponseTransformerAlternative.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public ByteArrayAsyncResponseTransformerAlternative(Optional<Function<ResponseT,
     @Override
     public CompletableFuture<ResponseBytes<ResponseT>> prepare() {
         cf = new CompletableFuture<>();
-        return cf.thenApply(arr -> ResponseBytes.fromByteArray(response, arr));
+        return cf.thenApply(arr -> ResponseBytes.fromByteArrayUnsafe(response, arr));
     }
 
     @Override