diff --git a/core/src/zxing/datamatrix/decoder/DecodedBitStreamParser.cpp b/core/src/zxing/datamatrix/decoder/DecodedBitStreamParser.cpp
index 493f584..60d90e9 100644
--- a/core/src/zxing/datamatrix/decoder/DecodedBitStreamParser.cpp
+++ b/core/src/zxing/datamatrix/decoder/DecodedBitStreamParser.cpp
@@ -399,16 +399,15 @@ void DecodedBitStreamParser::decodeBase256Segment(Ref<BitSource> bits, ostringst
     throw FormatException("NegativeArraySizeException");
   }
 
-  ArrayRef<char> bytes(count);
   for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
     // Have seen this particular error in the wild, such as at
     // http://www.bcgen.com/demo/IDAutomationStreamingDataMatrix.aspx?MODE=3&D=Fred&PFMT=3&PT=F&X=0.3&O=0&LM=0.2
     if (bits->available() < 8) {
       throw FormatException("byteSegments");
     }
-    bytes[i] = unrandomize255State(bits->readBits(8), codewordPosition++);
-    byteSegments.push_back(bytes[i]);
-    result << (char)bytes[i];
+    char byte = unrandomize255State(bits->readBits(8), codewordPosition++);
+    byteSegments.push_back(byte);
+    result << byte;
   }
 }
 }