diff --git a/spine-cocos2dx/src/spine/spine-cocos2dx.cpp b/spine-cocos2dx/src/spine/spine-cocos2dx.cpp
index 9ca9d5ea3..8c55afa50 100644
--- a/spine-cocos2dx/src/spine/spine-cocos2dx.cpp
+++ b/spine-cocos2dx/src/spine/spine-cocos2dx.cpp
@@ -75,11 +75,8 @@ void _spAtlasPage_disposeTexture (spAtlasPage* self) {
 }
 
 char* _spUtil_readFile (const char* path, int* length) {
-	Data data = FileUtils::getInstance()->getDataFromFile(
-			FileUtils::getInstance()->fullPathForFilename(path).c_str());
+    Data data = FileUtils::getInstance()->getDataFromFile(
+			FileUtils::getInstance()->fullPathForFilename(path));
     if (data.isNull()) return 0;
-	*length = static_cast<int>(data.getSize());
-	char* bytes = MALLOC(char, *length);
-	memcpy(bytes, data.getBytes(), *length);
-	return bytes;
+    return (char*)(data.takeBuffer((ssize_t*)length));
 }