diff --git a/test/boolcoder_test.cc b/test/boolcoder_test.cc
index 17d78f4..c6a3288 100644
--- a/test/boolcoder_test.cc
+++ b/test/boolcoder_test.cc
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     }
     aom_stop_encode(&bw);
     aom_reader br;
-    aom_reader_init(&br, bw_buffer, kBufferSize, NULL, NULL);
+    aom_reader_init(&br, bw_buffer, bw.pos, NULL, NULL);
     uint32_t last_tell = aom_reader_tell(&br);
     uint32_t last_tell_frac = aom_reader_tell_frac(&br);
     double frac_diff_total = 0;