diff --git a/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-riak/src/main/scala/RiakStorageBackend.scala b/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-riak/src/main/scala/RiakStorageBackend.scala
index 12f28a4990..940056cbfb 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-riak/src/main/scala/RiakStorageBackend.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-riak/src/main/scala/RiakStorageBackend.scala
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ MapStorageBackend[Array[Byte], Array[Byte]] with
       val objs = riakClient.fetch(bucket, key, quorum)
       objs.size match {
         case 0 => null;
-        case _ => objs.last.getValue.isEmpty match {
+        case _ => objs(0).getValue.isEmpty match {
           case true => null
           case false => objs(0).getValue
         }