diff --git a/java/fory-format/src/main/java/org/apache/fory/format/encoder/BinaryArrayEncoder.java b/java/fory-format/src/main/java/org/apache/fory/format/encoder/BinaryArrayEncoder.java
index f40a968aa8..d1b2b9184f 100644
--- a/java/fory-format/src/main/java/org/apache/fory/format/encoder/BinaryArrayEncoder.java
+++ b/java/fory-format/src/main/java/org/apache/fory/format/encoder/BinaryArrayEncoder.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public T decode(final MemoryBuffer buffer) {
 
   @Override
   public T decode(final byte[] bytes) {
+    // byte[] overloads ignore sizeEmbedded: encode writes no size prefix, decode uses bytes.length.
     return decode(MemoryUtils.wrap(bytes), bytes.length);
   }
 
diff --git a/java/fory-format/src/main/java/org/apache/fory/format/encoder/BinaryMapEncoder.java b/java/fory-format/src/main/java/org/apache/fory/format/encoder/BinaryMapEncoder.java
index 925bdc332b..90ba96dc5e 100644
--- a/java/fory-format/src/main/java/org/apache/fory/format/encoder/BinaryMapEncoder.java
+++ b/java/fory-format/src/main/java/org/apache/fory/format/encoder/BinaryMapEncoder.java
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ M decode(final MemoryBuffer buffer, final int size) {
 
   @Override
   public M decode(final byte[] bytes) {
+    // byte[] overloads ignore sizeEmbedded: encode writes no size prefix, decode uses bytes.length.
     return decode(MemoryUtils.wrap(bytes), bytes.length);
   }
 
diff --git a/java/fory-format/src/main/java/org/apache/fory/format/encoder/BinaryRowEncoder.java b/java/fory-format/src/main/java/org/apache/fory/format/encoder/BinaryRowEncoder.java
index b21bff49e9..296ee546f3 100644
--- a/java/fory-format/src/main/java/org/apache/fory/format/encoder/BinaryRowEncoder.java
+++ b/java/fory-format/src/main/java/org/apache/fory/format/encoder/BinaryRowEncoder.java
@@ -81,14 +81,16 @@ T decode(final MemoryBuffer buffer, final int size) {
                   + "Please check writer schema.",
               schema, schemaHash, peerSchemaHash));
     }
+    final int rowSize = size - 8;
     final BinaryRow row = codecFactory.newRow(schema);
-    row.pointTo(buffer, buffer.readerIndex(), size);
-    buffer.increaseReaderIndex(size - 8);
+    row.pointTo(buffer, buffer.readerIndex(), rowSize);
+    buffer.increaseReaderIndex(rowSize);
     return fromRow(row);
   }
 
   @Override
   public T decode(final byte[] bytes) {
+    // byte[] overloads ignore sizeEmbedded: encode writes no size prefix, decode uses bytes.length.
     return decode(MemoryUtils.wrap(bytes), bytes.length);
   }
 
diff --git a/java/fory-format/src/main/java/org/apache/fory/format/encoder/Encoders.java b/java/fory-format/src/main/java/org/apache/fory/format/encoder/Encoders.java
index 13403c15f3..4a8c45021e 100644
--- a/java/fory-format/src/main/java/org/apache/fory/format/encoder/Encoders.java
+++ b/java/fory-format/src/main/java/org/apache/fory/format/encoder/Encoders.java
@@ -43,11 +43,7 @@
 import org.apache.fory.type.TypeUtils;
 import org.apache.fory.util.Preconditions;
 
-/**
- * Factory to create {@link Encoder}.
- *
- * <p>, ganrunsheng
- */
+/** Factory to create {@link Encoder}. */
 public class Encoders {
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Encoders.class);
 
diff --git a/java/fory-format/src/test/java/org/apache/fory/format/encoder/BinaryRowEncoderPointToTest.java b/java/fory-format/src/test/java/org/apache/fory/format/encoder/BinaryRowEncoderPointToTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e0099ecc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/fory-format/src/test/java/org/apache/fory/format/encoder/BinaryRowEncoderPointToTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.fory.format.encoder;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import org.apache.fory.format.row.binary.BinaryRow;
+import org.apache.fory.format.row.binary.writer.BinaryRowWriter;
+import org.apache.fory.format.type.Schema;
+import org.apache.fory.format.type.TypeInference;
+import org.testng.Assert;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+/**
+ * BinaryRowEncoder.decode must record the row body size on BinaryRow, not the full payload size
+ * including the leading 8-byte schema hash.
+ */
+public class BinaryRowEncoderPointToTest {
+
+  @Data
+  public static class Tiny {
+    private int x;
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void decodedRowSizeMatchesRowBody() {
+    Schema schema = TypeInference.inferSchema(Tiny.class);
+    RowEncoder<Tiny> real = Encoders.bean(Tiny.class);
+    Tiny in = new Tiny();
+    in.setX(42);
+    byte[] payload = real.encode(in);
+
+    BinaryRow[] captured = new BinaryRow[1];
+    GeneratedRowEncoder captor =
+        new GeneratedRowEncoder() {
+          @Override
+          public BinaryRow toRow(Object obj) {
+            return real.toRow((Tiny) obj);
+          }
+
+          @Override
+          public Object fromRow(BinaryRow row) {
+            captured[0] = row;
+            return null;
+          }
+        };
+
+    BinaryRowEncoder<Tiny> encoder =
+        new BinaryRowEncoder<>(
+            schema, DefaultCodecFormat.INSTANCE, captor, new BinaryRowWriter(schema), false);
+    encoder.decode(payload);
+
+    Assert.assertNotNull(captured[0], "decode must hand the row to fromRow");
+    Assert.assertEquals(captured[0].getSizeInBytes(), payload.length - 8);
+  }
+}