diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/zip/NioZipEncoding.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/zip/NioZipEncoding.java
index bef8cf355..4853d2e9f 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/zip/NioZipEncoding.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/zip/NioZipEncoding.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package org.apache.tools.zip;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.Buffer;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.CharBuffer;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
@@ -102,8 +103,8 @@ class NioZipEncoding implements ZipEncoding {
             }
         }
 
-        out.limit(out.position());
-        out.rewind();
+        ZipEncodingHelper.prepareBufferForRead(out);
+
         return out;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/zip/Simple8BitZipEncoding.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/zip/Simple8BitZipEncoding.java
index f70e02cbe..b3c1132b9 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/zip/Simple8BitZipEncoding.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/zip/Simple8BitZipEncoding.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package org.apache.tools.zip;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.Buffer;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -247,8 +248,7 @@ class Simple8BitZipEncoding implements ZipEncoding {
             }
         }
 
-        out.limit(out.position());
-        out.rewind();
+        ZipEncodingHelper.prepareBufferForRead(out);
         return out;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/zip/ZipEncodingHelper.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/zip/ZipEncodingHelper.java
index 8e670d584..be6b0ecbb 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/zip/ZipEncodingHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/zip/ZipEncodingHelper.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.tools.zip;
 
+import java.nio.Buffer;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException;
@@ -147,15 +148,25 @@ public abstract class ZipEncodingHelper {
      *
      */
     static ByteBuffer growBuffer(final ByteBuffer b, final int newCapacity) {
-        b.limit(b.position());
-        b.rewind();
-
+    	prepareBufferForRead(b);
         final int c2 = b.capacity() * 2;
         final ByteBuffer on = ByteBuffer.allocate(c2 < newCapacity ? newCapacity : c2);
 
         on.put(b);
         return on;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Prepares a buffer to be read after writing.
+     * 
+     * @param b The buffer
+     */
+    static void prepareBufferForRead(final Buffer b) {
+    	// ByteBuffer has overridden methods in java 11 but not in java 8 
+    	// so the Buffer is significant to get java 8 compatible classes
+    	b.limit(b.position());
+    	b.rewind();
+    }
 
 
     /**