diff --git a/pkg/entities/record.go b/pkg/entities/record.go
index e823d1ab..16cbb53b 100644
--- a/pkg/entities/record.go
+++ b/pkg/entities/record.go
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ type baseRecord struct {
 	orderedElementList []InfoElementWithValue
 	isDecoding         bool
 	len                int
-	Record
 }
 
 type dataRecord struct {
@@ -236,6 +235,11 @@ func (d *dataRecord) AddInfoElement(element InfoElementWithValue) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// This method is only meaningful for template records.
+func (d *dataRecord) GetMinDataRecordLen() uint16 {
+	return 0
+}
+
 func (d *dataRecord) GetRecordType() ContentType {
 	return Data
 }