diff --git a/wpilibj/wpilibJava/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/Encoder.java b/wpilibj/wpilibJava/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/Encoder.java
index 253d32ec8f..4c283beca9 100644
--- a/wpilibj/wpilibJava/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/Encoder.java
+++ b/wpilibj/wpilibJava/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/Encoder.java
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ public class Encoder extends SensorBase implements CounterBase, PIDSource,
 			status.order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
 			EncoderJNI.setEncoderSamplesToAverage(m_encoder, samplesToAverage,
 					status.asIntBuffer());
-			if (status.get() == HALUtil.PARAMETER_OUT_OF_RANGE) {
+			if (status.duplicate().get() == HALUtil.PARAMETER_OUT_OF_RANGE) {
 				throw new BoundaryException(BoundaryException.getMessage(
 						samplesToAverage, 1, 127));
 			}