diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/network/netty/NettyBlockTransferService.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/network/netty/NettyBlockTransferService.scala
index 82c16e855b0c0..40604a4da18d5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/network/netty/NettyBlockTransferService.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/network/netty/NettyBlockTransferService.scala
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.network.sasl.{SaslClientBootstrap, SaslServerBootstrap}
 import org.apache.spark.network.server._
 import org.apache.spark.network.shuffle.{RetryingBlockFetcher, BlockFetchingListener, OneForOneBlockFetcher}
 import org.apache.spark.network.shuffle.protocol.UploadBlock
+import org.apache.spark.network.util.JavaUtils
 import org.apache.spark.serializer.JavaSerializer
 import org.apache.spark.storage.{BlockId, StorageLevel}
 import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
@@ -123,17 +124,10 @@ class NettyBlockTransferService(conf: SparkConf, securityManager: SecurityManage
 
     // StorageLevel is serialized as bytes using our JavaSerializer. Everything else is encoded
     // using our binary protocol.
-    val levelBytes = serializer.newInstance().serialize(level).array()
+    val levelBytes = JavaUtils.bufferToArray(serializer.newInstance().serialize(level))
 
     // Convert or copy nio buffer into array in order to serialize it.
-    val nioBuffer = blockData.nioByteBuffer()
-    val array = if (nioBuffer.hasArray) {
-      nioBuffer.array()
-    } else {
-      val data = new Array[Byte](nioBuffer.remaining())
-      nioBuffer.get(data)
-      data
-    }
+    val array = JavaUtils.bufferToArray(blockData.nioByteBuffer())
 
     client.sendRpc(new UploadBlock(appId, execId, blockId.toString, levelBytes, array).toByteBuffer,
       new RpcResponseCallback {
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala
index e01a9609b9a0d..5582720bbcff2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.lang3.SerializationUtils
 import org.apache.spark._
 import org.apache.spark.broadcast.Broadcast
 import org.apache.spark.executor.TaskMetrics
+import org.apache.spark.network.util.JavaUtils
 import org.apache.spark.partial.{ApproximateActionListener, ApproximateEvaluator, PartialResult}
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import org.apache.spark.rpc.RpcTimeout
@@ -997,9 +998,10 @@ class DAGScheduler(
       // For ResultTask, serialize and broadcast (rdd, func).
       val taskBinaryBytes: Array[Byte] = stage match {
         case stage: ShuffleMapStage =>
-          closureSerializer.serialize((stage.rdd, stage.shuffleDep): AnyRef).array()
+          JavaUtils.bufferToArray(
+            closureSerializer.serialize((stage.rdd, stage.shuffleDep): AnyRef))
         case stage: ResultStage =>
-          closureSerializer.serialize((stage.rdd, stage.func): AnyRef).array()
+          JavaUtils.bufferToArray(closureSerializer.serialize((stage.rdd, stage.func): AnyRef))
       }
 
       taskBinary = sc.broadcast(taskBinaryBytes)
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/Task.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/Task.scala
index 2fcd5aa57d11b..5fe5ae8c45819 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/Task.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/Task.scala
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ private[spark] object Task {
 
     // Write the task itself and finish
     dataOut.flush()
-    val taskBytes = serializer.serialize(task).array()
-    out.write(taskBytes)
+    val taskBytes = serializer.serialize(task)
+    Utils.writeByteBuffer(taskBytes, out)
     ByteBuffer.wrap(out.toByteArray)
   }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/GenericAvroSerializer.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/GenericAvroSerializer.scala
index 62f8aae7f2126..ce196e4aabbf5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/GenericAvroSerializer.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/GenericAvroSerializer.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.serializer
 
-import java.io.{ByteArrayInputStream, ByteArrayOutputStream}
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer
 
 import scala.collection.mutable
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils
 
 import org.apache.spark.{SparkException, SparkEnv}
 import org.apache.spark.io.CompressionCodec
+import org.apache.spark.util.ByteBufferInputStream
 
 /**
  * Custom serializer used for generic Avro records. If the user registers the schemas
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ private[serializer] class GenericAvroSerializer(schemas: Map[Long, String])
    * seen values so to limit the number of times that decompression has to be done.
    */
   def decompress(schemaBytes: ByteBuffer): Schema = decompressCache.getOrElseUpdate(schemaBytes, {
-    val bis = new ByteArrayInputStream(schemaBytes.array())
+    val bis = new ByteBufferInputStream(schemaBytes)
     val bytes = IOUtils.toByteArray(codec.compressedInputStream(bis))
     new Schema.Parser().parse(new String(bytes, "UTF-8"))
   })
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/KryoSerializer.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/KryoSerializer.scala
index d5ba690ed04be..c3029f47bb842 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/KryoSerializer.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/KryoSerializer.scala
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import org.roaringbitmap.RoaringBitmap
 import org.apache.spark._
 import org.apache.spark.api.python.PythonBroadcast
 import org.apache.spark.broadcast.HttpBroadcast
-import org.apache.spark.network.util.ByteUnit
+import org.apache.spark.network.util.{ByteUnit, JavaUtils}
 import org.apache.spark.scheduler.{CompressedMapStatus, HighlyCompressedMapStatus}
 import org.apache.spark.storage._
 import org.apache.spark.util.collection.CompactBuffer
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ private[spark] class KryoSerializerInstance(ks: KryoSerializer) extends Serializ
   override def deserialize[T: ClassTag](bytes: ByteBuffer): T = {
     val kryo = borrowKryo()
     try {
-      input.setBuffer(bytes.array)
+      input.setBuffer(JavaUtils.bufferToArray(bytes))
       kryo.readClassAndObject(input).asInstanceOf[T]
     } finally {
       releaseKryo(kryo)
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ private[spark] class KryoSerializerInstance(ks: KryoSerializer) extends Serializ
     val oldClassLoader = kryo.getClassLoader
     try {
       kryo.setClassLoader(loader)
-      input.setBuffer(bytes.array)
+      input.setBuffer(JavaUtils.bufferToArray(bytes))
       kryo.readClassAndObject(input).asInstanceOf[T]
     } finally {
       kryo.setClassLoader(oldClassLoader)
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/TachyonBlockManager.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/TachyonBlockManager.scala
index 22878783fca67..d14fe4613528a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/TachyonBlockManager.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/TachyonBlockManager.scala
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ private[spark] class TachyonBlockManager() extends ExternalBlockManager with Log
     val file = getFile(blockId)
     val os = file.getOutStream(WriteType.TRY_CACHE)
     try {
-      os.write(bytes.array())
+      Utils.writeByteBuffer(bytes, os)
     } catch {
       case NonFatal(e) =>
         logWarning(s"Failed to put bytes of block $blockId into Tachyon", e)
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala
index af632349c9cae..9dbe66e7eefbd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala
@@ -178,7 +178,20 @@ private[spark] object Utils extends Logging {
   /**
    * Primitive often used when writing [[java.nio.ByteBuffer]] to [[java.io.DataOutput]]
    */
-  def writeByteBuffer(bb: ByteBuffer, out: ObjectOutput): Unit = {
+  def writeByteBuffer(bb: ByteBuffer, out: DataOutput): Unit = {
+    if (bb.hasArray) {
+      out.write(bb.array(), bb.arrayOffset() + bb.position(), bb.remaining())
+    } else {
+      val bbval = new Array[Byte](bb.remaining())
+      bb.get(bbval)
+      out.write(bbval)
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Primitive often used when writing [[java.nio.ByteBuffer]] to [[java.io.OutputStream]]
+   */
+  def writeByteBuffer(bb: ByteBuffer, out: OutputStream): Unit = {
     if (bb.hasArray) {
       out.write(bb.array(), bb.arrayOffset() + bb.position(), bb.remaining())
     } else {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/unsafe/map/AbstractBytesToBytesMapSuite.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/unsafe/map/AbstractBytesToBytesMapSuite.java
index d87a1d2a56d99..66f30a815da50 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/unsafe/map/AbstractBytesToBytesMapSuite.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/unsafe/map/AbstractBytesToBytesMapSuite.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 import org.apache.spark.executor.ShuffleWriteMetrics;
 import org.apache.spark.memory.TestMemoryManager;
 import org.apache.spark.memory.TaskMemoryManager;
+import org.apache.spark.network.util.JavaUtils;
 import org.apache.spark.serializer.SerializerInstance;
 import org.apache.spark.storage.*;
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.Platform;
@@ -430,7 +431,7 @@ public void randomizedStressTest() {
       }
 
       for (Map.Entry<ByteBuffer, byte[]> entry : expected.entrySet()) {
-        final byte[] key = entry.getKey().array();
+        final byte[] key = JavaUtils.bufferToArray(entry.getKey());
         final byte[] value = entry.getValue();
         final BytesToBytesMap.Location loc =
           map.lookup(key, Platform.BYTE_ARRAY_OFFSET, key.length);
@@ -480,7 +481,7 @@ public void randomizedTestWithRecordsLargerThanPageSize() {
         }
       }
       for (Map.Entry<ByteBuffer, byte[]> entry : expected.entrySet()) {
-        final byte[] key = entry.getKey().array();
+        final byte[] key = JavaUtils.bufferToArray(entry.getKey());
         final byte[] value = entry.getValue();
         final BytesToBytesMap.Location loc =
           map.lookup(key, Platform.BYTE_ARRAY_OFFSET, key.length);
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/TaskContextSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/TaskContextSuite.scala
index 450ab7b9fe92b..d83d0aee42254 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/TaskContextSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/TaskContextSuite.scala
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.mockito.Matchers.any
 import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfter
 
 import org.apache.spark._
+import org.apache.spark.network.util.JavaUtils
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import org.apache.spark.util.{TaskCompletionListener, TaskCompletionListenerException}
 import org.apache.spark.metrics.source.JvmSource
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ class TaskContextSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with LocalSpark
     }
     val closureSerializer = SparkEnv.get.closureSerializer.newInstance()
     val func = (c: TaskContext, i: Iterator[String]) => i.next()
-    val taskBinary = sc.broadcast(closureSerializer.serialize((rdd, func)).array)
+    val taskBinary = sc.broadcast(JavaUtils.bufferToArray(closureSerializer.serialize((rdd, func))))
     val task = new ResultTask[String, String](
       0, 0, taskBinary, rdd.partitions(0), Seq.empty, 0, Seq.empty)
     intercept[RuntimeException] {
diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/pythonconverters/AvroConverters.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/pythonconverters/AvroConverters.scala
index 805184e740f06..cf12c98b4af6c 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/pythonconverters/AvroConverters.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/pythonconverters/AvroConverters.scala
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ object AvroConversionUtil extends Serializable {
 
   def unpackBytes(obj: Any): Array[Byte] = {
     val bytes: Array[Byte] = obj match {
-      case buf: java.nio.ByteBuffer => buf.array()
+      case buf: java.nio.ByteBuffer =>
+        val arr = new Array[Byte](buf.remaining())
+        buf.get(arr)
+        arr
       case arr: Array[Byte] => arr
       case other => throw new SparkException(
         s"Unknown BYTES type ${other.getClass.getName}")
diff --git a/external/flume/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/flume/FlumeInputDStream.scala b/external/flume/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/flume/FlumeInputDStream.scala
index c8780aa83bdbd..2b9116eb3c790 100644
--- a/external/flume/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/flume/FlumeInputDStream.scala
+++ b/external/flume/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/flume/FlumeInputDStream.scala
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ class SparkFlumeEvent() extends Externalizable {
 
   /* Serialize to bytes. */
   def writeExternal(out: ObjectOutput): Unit = Utils.tryOrIOException {
-    val body = event.getBody.array()
-    out.writeInt(body.length)
-    out.write(body)
+    val body = event.getBody
+    out.writeInt(body.remaining())
+    Utils.writeByteBuffer(body, out)
 
     val numHeaders = event.getHeaders.size()
     out.writeInt(numHeaders)
diff --git a/external/flume/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/flume/FlumePollingStreamSuite.scala b/external/flume/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/flume/FlumePollingStreamSuite.scala
index 5fd2711f5f7df..bb951a6ef100d 100644
--- a/external/flume/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/flume/FlumePollingStreamSuite.scala
+++ b/external/flume/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/flume/FlumePollingStreamSuite.scala
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ import scala.collection.mutable.{SynchronizedBuffer, ArrayBuffer}
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import scala.language.postfixOps
 
-import com.google.common.base.Charsets.UTF_8
 import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfter
 import org.scalatest.concurrent.Eventually._
 
 import org.apache.spark.{Logging, SparkConf, SparkFunSuite}
+import org.apache.spark.network.util.JavaUtils
 import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel
 import org.apache.spark.streaming.dstream.ReceiverInputDStream
 import org.apache.spark.streaming.{Seconds, TestOutputStream, StreamingContext}
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class FlumePollingStreamSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with Log
         val headers = flattenOutputBuffer.map(_.event.getHeaders.asScala.map {
           case (key, value) => (key.toString, value.toString)
         }).map(_.asJava)
-        val bodies = flattenOutputBuffer.map(e => new String(e.event.getBody.array(), UTF_8))
+        val bodies = flattenOutputBuffer.map(e => JavaUtils.bytesToString(e.event.getBody))
         utils.assertOutput(headers.asJava, bodies.asJava)
       }
     } finally {
diff --git a/external/flume/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/flume/FlumeStreamSuite.scala b/external/flume/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/flume/FlumeStreamSuite.scala
index f315e0a7ca23c..b29e591c07374 100644
--- a/external/flume/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/flume/FlumeStreamSuite.scala
+++ b/external/flume/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/flume/FlumeStreamSuite.scala
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import scala.collection.mutable.{ArrayBuffer, SynchronizedBuffer}
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import scala.language.postfixOps
 
-import com.google.common.base.Charsets
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.SocketChannel
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioClientSocketChannelFactory
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ import org.scalatest.{BeforeAndAfter, Matchers}
 import org.scalatest.concurrent.Eventually._
 
 import org.apache.spark.{Logging, SparkConf, SparkFunSuite}
+import org.apache.spark.network.util.JavaUtils
 import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel
 import org.apache.spark.streaming.{Milliseconds, StreamingContext, TestOutputStream}
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class FlumeStreamSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with Matchers w
           event =>
             event.getHeaders.get("test") should be("header")
         }
-        val output = outputEvents.map(event => new String(event.getBody.array(), Charsets.UTF_8))
+        val output = outputEvents.map(event => JavaUtils.bytesToString(event.getBody))
         output should be (input)
       }
     } finally {
diff --git a/extras/kinesis-asl/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/kinesis/KinesisStreamSuite.scala b/extras/kinesis-asl/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/kinesis/KinesisStreamSuite.scala
index dee30444d8cc6..3e8be05ec7bd9 100644
--- a/extras/kinesis-asl/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/kinesis/KinesisStreamSuite.scala
+++ b/extras/kinesis-asl/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/kinesis/KinesisStreamSuite.scala
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.scalatest.Matchers._
 import org.scalatest.concurrent.Eventually
 import org.scalatest.{BeforeAndAfter, BeforeAndAfterAll}
 
+import org.apache.spark.network.util.JavaUtils
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import org.apache.spark.storage.{StorageLevel, StreamBlockId}
 import org.apache.spark.streaming._
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ abstract class KinesisStreamTests(aggregateTestData: Boolean) extends KinesisFun
 
   testIfEnabled("custom message handling") {
     val awsCredentials = KinesisTestUtils.getAWSCredentials()
-    def addFive(r: Record): Int = new String(r.getData.array()).toInt + 5
+    def addFive(r: Record): Int = JavaUtils.bytesToString(r.getData).toInt + 5
     val stream = KinesisUtils.createStream(ssc, appName, testUtils.streamName,
       testUtils.endpointUrl, testUtils.regionName, InitialPositionInStream.LATEST,
       Seconds(10), StorageLevel.MEMORY_ONLY, addFive,
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/UnsafeRowParquetRecordReader.java b/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/UnsafeRowParquetRecordReader.java
index dade488ca281b..34edcb4ae62d5 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/UnsafeRowParquetRecordReader.java
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/UnsafeRowParquetRecordReader.java
@@ -334,10 +334,11 @@ private void decodeBinaryBatch(int col, int num) throws IOException {
         ByteBuffer bytes = columnReaders[col].nextBinary().toByteBuffer();
         int len = bytes.limit() - bytes.position();
         if (originalTypes[col] == OriginalType.UTF8) {
-          UTF8String str = UTF8String.fromBytes(bytes.array(), bytes.position(), len);
+          UTF8String str =
+              UTF8String.fromBytes(bytes.array(), bytes.arrayOffset() + bytes.position(), len);
           rowWriters[n].write(col, str);
         } else {
-          rowWriters[n].write(col, bytes.array(), bytes.position(), len);
+          rowWriters[n].write(col, bytes.array(), bytes.arrayOffset() + bytes.position(), len);
         }
         rows[n].setNotNullAt(col);
       } else {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkSqlSerializer.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkSqlSerializer.scala
index 8317f648ccb4e..45a8e03248267 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkSqlSerializer.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkSqlSerializer.scala
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.io.{Input, Output}
 import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.{Kryo, Serializer}
 import com.twitter.chill.ResourcePool
 
+import org.apache.spark.network.util.JavaUtils
 import org.apache.spark.serializer.{KryoSerializer, SerializerInstance}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.Decimal
 import org.apache.spark.util.MutablePair
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ private[sql] object SparkSqlSerializer {
 
   def serialize[T: ClassTag](o: T): Array[Byte] =
     acquireRelease { k =>
-      k.serialize(o).array()
+      JavaUtils.bufferToArray(k.serialize(o))
     }
 
   def deserialize[T: ClassTag](bytes: Array[Byte]): T =
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/columnar/InMemoryColumnarTableScan.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/columnar/InMemoryColumnarTableScan.scala
index ce701fb3a7f28..3c5a8cb2aa935 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/columnar/InMemoryColumnarTableScan.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/columnar/InMemoryColumnarTableScan.scala
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.execution.columnar
 
 import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
 
+import org.apache.spark.network.util.JavaUtils
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.InternalRow
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.MultiInstanceRelation
@@ -163,7 +164,9 @@ private[sql] case class InMemoryRelation(
                         .flatMap(_.values))
 
           batchStats += stats
-          CachedBatch(rowCount, columnBuilders.map(_.build().array()), stats)
+          CachedBatch(rowCount, columnBuilders.map { builder =>
+            JavaUtils.bufferToArray(builder.build())
+          }, stats)
         }
 
         def hasNext: Boolean = rowIterator.hasNext
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/CatalystRowConverter.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/CatalystRowConverter.scala
index 94298fae2d69b..8851bc23cd050 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/CatalystRowConverter.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/CatalystRowConverter.scala
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ private[parquet] class CatalystRowConverter(
       // are using `Binary.toByteBuffer.array()` to steal the underlying byte array without copying
       // it.
       val buffer = value.toByteBuffer
-      val offset = buffer.position()
-      val numBytes = buffer.limit() - buffer.position()
+      val offset = buffer.arrayOffset() + buffer.position()
+      val numBytes = buffer.remaining()
       updater.set(UTF8String.fromBytes(buffer.array(), offset, numBytes))
     }
   }
@@ -644,8 +644,8 @@ private[parquet] object CatalystRowConverter {
     // copying it.
     val buffer = binary.toByteBuffer
     val bytes = buffer.array()
-    val start = buffer.position()
-    val end = buffer.limit()
+    val start = buffer.arrayOffset() + buffer.position()
+    val end = buffer.arrayOffset() + buffer.limit()
 
     var unscaled = 0L
     var i = start
diff --git a/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/scheduler/ReceivedBlockTracker.scala b/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/scheduler/ReceivedBlockTracker.scala
index 500dc70c98506..8f4dd81484ee7 100644
--- a/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/scheduler/ReceivedBlockTracker.scala
+++ b/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/scheduler/ReceivedBlockTracker.scala
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
 
+import org.apache.spark.network.util.JavaUtils
 import org.apache.spark.streaming.Time
 import org.apache.spark.streaming.util.{BatchedWriteAheadLog, WriteAheadLog, WriteAheadLogUtils}
 import org.apache.spark.util.{Clock, Utils}
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ private[streaming] class ReceivedBlockTracker(
       writeAheadLog.readAll().asScala.foreach { byteBuffer =>
         logTrace("Recovering record " + byteBuffer)
         Utils.deserialize[ReceivedBlockTrackerLogEvent](
-          byteBuffer.array, Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader) match {
+          JavaUtils.bufferToArray(byteBuffer), Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader) match {
           case BlockAdditionEvent(receivedBlockInfo) =>
             insertAddedBlock(receivedBlockInfo)
           case BatchAllocationEvent(time, allocatedBlocks) =>
diff --git a/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/util/FileBasedWriteAheadLogWriter.scala b/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/util/FileBasedWriteAheadLogWriter.scala
index e146bec32a456..1185f30265f63 100644
--- a/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/util/FileBasedWriteAheadLogWriter.scala
+++ b/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/util/FileBasedWriteAheadLogWriter.scala
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import scala.util.Try
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream
 
+import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
+
 /**
  * A writer for writing byte-buffers to a write ahead log file.
  */
@@ -48,17 +50,7 @@ private[streaming] class FileBasedWriteAheadLogWriter(path: String, hadoopConf:
     val lengthToWrite = data.remaining()
     val segment = new FileBasedWriteAheadLogSegment(path, nextOffset, lengthToWrite)
     stream.writeInt(lengthToWrite)
-    if (data.hasArray) {
-      stream.write(data.array())
-    } else {
-      // If the buffer is not backed by an array, we transfer using temp array
-      // Note that despite the extra array copy, this should be faster than byte-by-byte copy
-      while (data.hasRemaining) {
-        val array = new Array[Byte](data.remaining)
-        data.get(array)
-        stream.write(array)
-      }
-    }
+    Utils.writeByteBuffer(data, stream: OutputStream)
     flush()
     nextOffset = stream.getPos()
     segment
diff --git a/streaming/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/streaming/JavaWriteAheadLogSuite.java b/streaming/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/streaming/JavaWriteAheadLogSuite.java
index 09b5f8ed03279..f02fa87f6194b 100644
--- a/streaming/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/streaming/JavaWriteAheadLogSuite.java
+++ b/streaming/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/streaming/JavaWriteAheadLogSuite.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.streaming;
 
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterators;
 import org.apache.spark.SparkConf;
+import org.apache.spark.network.util.JavaUtils;
 import org.apache.spark.streaming.util.WriteAheadLog;
 import org.apache.spark.streaming.util.WriteAheadLogRecordHandle;
 import org.apache.spark.streaming.util.WriteAheadLogUtils;
@@ -112,20 +112,19 @@ public void testCustomWAL() {
     WriteAheadLog wal = WriteAheadLogUtils.createLogForDriver(conf, null, null);
 
     String data1 = "data1";
-    WriteAheadLogRecordHandle handle =
-        wal.write(ByteBuffer.wrap(data1.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)), 1234);
+    WriteAheadLogRecordHandle handle = wal.write(JavaUtils.stringToBytes(data1), 1234);
     Assert.assertTrue(handle instanceof JavaWriteAheadLogSuiteHandle);
-    Assert.assertEquals(new String(wal.read(handle).array(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8), data1);
+    Assert.assertEquals(JavaUtils.bytesToString(wal.read(handle)), data1);
 
-    wal.write(ByteBuffer.wrap("data2".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)), 1235);
-    wal.write(ByteBuffer.wrap("data3".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)), 1236);
-    wal.write(ByteBuffer.wrap("data4".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)), 1237);
+    wal.write(JavaUtils.stringToBytes("data2"), 1235);
+    wal.write(JavaUtils.stringToBytes("data3"), 1236);
+    wal.write(JavaUtils.stringToBytes("data4"), 1237);
     wal.clean(1236, false);
 
     Iterator<ByteBuffer> dataIterator = wal.readAll();
     List<String> readData = new ArrayList<>();
     while (dataIterator.hasNext()) {
-      readData.add(new String(dataIterator.next().array(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+      readData.add(JavaUtils.bytesToString(dataIterator.next()));
     }
     Assert.assertEquals(readData, Arrays.asList("data3", "data4"));
   }