diff --git a/hollow/src/main/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/memory/encoding/BlobByteBuffer.java b/hollow/src/main/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/memory/encoding/BlobByteBuffer.java
index 3c2ded474c..df988600de 100644
--- a/hollow/src/main/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/memory/encoding/BlobByteBuffer.java
+++ b/hollow/src/main/java/com/netflix/hollow/core/memory/encoding/BlobByteBuffer.java
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public byte getByte(long index) throws BufferUnderflowException {
      */
     public long getLong(long startByteIndex) throws BufferUnderflowException {
 
-        int alignmentOffset = (int)(startByteIndex - this.position()) % Long.BYTES;
+        int alignmentOffset = (int)((startByteIndex - this.position()) % Long.BYTES);
         long nextAlignedPos = startByteIndex - alignmentOffset + Long.BYTES;
 
         byte[] bytes = new byte[Long.BYTES];