diff --git a/src/read.rs b/src/read.rs
index 54a28b06..0bd88e43 100644
--- a/src/read.rs
+++ b/src/read.rs
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ fn central_header_to_zip_file<R: Read+io::Seek>(reader: &mut R) -> ZipResult<Zip
     try!(reader.read_u16::<LittleEndian>());
     try!(reader.read_u32::<LittleEndian>());
     let offset = try!(reader.read_u32::<LittleEndian>()) as u64;
-    let file_name_raw = try!(reader.read_exact(file_name_length));
-    let extra_field = try!(reader.read_exact(extra_field_length));
-    let file_comment_raw  = try!(reader.read_exact(file_comment_length));
+    let file_name_raw = try!(ReadPodExt::read_exact(reader, file_name_length));
+    let extra_field = try!(ReadPodExt::read_exact(reader, extra_field_length));
+    let file_comment_raw  = try!(ReadPodExt::read_exact(reader, file_comment_length));
 
     let file_name = match is_utf8
     {
diff --git a/src/spec.rs b/src/spec.rs
index 1d21acbc..bce23f88 100644
--- a/src/spec.rs
+++ b/src/spec.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ impl CentralDirectoryEnd
         let central_directory_size = try!(reader.read_u32::<LittleEndian>());
         let central_directory_offset = try!(reader.read_u32::<LittleEndian>());
         let zip_file_comment_length = try!(reader.read_u16::<LittleEndian>()) as usize;
-        let zip_file_comment = try!(reader.read_exact(zip_file_comment_length));
+        let zip_file_comment = try!(ReadPodExt::read_exact(reader, zip_file_comment_length));
 
         Ok(CentralDirectoryEnd
            {