diff --git a/list.go b/list.go
index 23b0c15a..28cbb8d4 100644
--- a/list.go
+++ b/list.go
@@ -330,7 +330,11 @@ func (l TextList) BytesAt(i int) ([]byte, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return p.Data(), nil
+	b := p.Data()
+	if len(b) == 0 {
+		return b, nil
+	}
+	return b[:len(b)-1 : len(b)], nil
 }
 
 // Set sets the i'th string in the list to v.
diff --git a/list_test.go b/list_test.go
index 5ad8c846..28844d47 100644
--- a/list_test.go
+++ b/list_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package capnp
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -52,6 +53,32 @@ func TestToListDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestTextListBytesAt(t *testing.T) {
+	msg := &Message{Arena: SingleSegment([]byte{
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0x01, 0, 0, 0, 0x22, 0, 0, 0,
+		'f', 'o', 'o', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+	})}
+	seg, err := msg.Segment(0)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	list := TextList{List{
+		seg:        seg,
+		off:        8,
+		length:     1,
+		size:       ObjectSize{DataSize: 1},
+		depthLimit: maxDepth,
+	}}
+	b, err := list.BytesAt(0)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("list.BytesAt(0) error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(b, []byte("foo")) {
+		t.Errorf("list.BytesAt(0) = %q; want \"foo\"", b)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestListValue(t *testing.T) {
 	_, seg, err := NewMessage(SingleSegment(nil))
 	if err != nil {