diff --git a/media/libstagefright/timedtext/TextDescriptions.cpp b/media/libstagefright/timedtext/TextDescriptions.cpp
index 6c94754f56..2c2d11d45b 100644
--- a/media/libstagefright/timedtext/TextDescriptions.cpp
+++ b/media/libstagefright/timedtext/TextDescriptions.cpp
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ status_t TextDescriptions::extract3GPPGlobalDescriptions(
                             return OK;
                         }
 
-                        parcel->write(tmpData, len);
+                        parcel->writeByteArray(len, tmpData);
                         tmpData += len;
                         subChunkRemaining -= len;
                     }