diff --git a/spine-cocos2dx/src/spine/spine-cocos2dx.cpp b/spine-cocos2dx/src/spine/spine-cocos2dx.cpp
index 914a5249c..8d5e1551b 100644
--- a/spine-cocos2dx/src/spine/spine-cocos2dx.cpp
+++ b/spine-cocos2dx/src/spine/spine-cocos2dx.cpp
@@ -80,5 +80,8 @@ char* _spUtil_readFile (const char* path, int* length) {
     Data data = FileUtils::getInstance()->getDataFromFile(
 			FileUtils::getInstance()->fullPathForFilename(path));
     if (data.isNull()) return 0;
-    return (char*)(data.takeBuffer((ssize_t*)length));
+    *length = static_cast<int>(data.getSize());
+    char* bytes = MALLOC(char, *length);
+    memcpy(bytes, data.getBytes(), *length);
+    return bytes;
 }