diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/BoundSheetRecord.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/BoundSheetRecord.java
index ee5db7229..a897ee4ac 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/BoundSheetRecord.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/BoundSheetRecord.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public class BoundSheetRecord
         field_3_sheetname_length        = data[ 6 + offset ];
         field_4_compressed_unicode_flag = data[ 7 + offset ];
         field_5_sheetname               = new String(data, 8 + offset,
-                ( int ) field_3_sheetname_length);
+                LittleEndian.ubyteToInt( field_3_sheetname_length));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/FontRecord.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/FontRecord.java
index e38676aad..e07222913 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/FontRecord.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/FontRecord.java
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class FontRecord
             if (data[ 15 ] == 0)
             {   // is compressed unicode
                 field_11_font_name = new String(data, 16,
-                                                field_10_font_name_len);
+                                                LittleEndian.ubyteToInt(field_10_font_name_len));
             }
             else
             {   // is not compressed unicode
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/FormatRecord.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/FormatRecord.java
index 36075606d..d541c3bc5 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/FormatRecord.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/FormatRecord.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class FormatRecord
         field_2_formatstring_len = data[ 2 + offset ];
         field_3_zero             = LittleEndian.getShort(data, 3 + offset);
         field_4_formatstring     = new String(data, 5 + offset,
-                                              field_2_formatstring_len);
+                                              LittleEndian.ubyteToInt(field_2_formatstring_len));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/StyleRecord.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/StyleRecord.java
index 2ed737d3b..3ce8c4ea9 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/StyleRecord.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/StyleRecord.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public class StyleRecord
         {
             field_2_name_length = data[ 2 + offset ];
             field_3_name        = new String(data, 3 + offset,
-                                             field_2_name_length);
+                                             LittleEndian.ubyteToInt(field_2_name_length));
         }
 
         // todo sanity check exception to make sure we're one or the other