diff --git a/qpid-jms-client/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/jms/message/JmsBytesMessage.java b/qpid-jms-client/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/jms/message/JmsBytesMessage.java
index dba4b043c..bd37f734a 100644
--- a/qpid-jms-client/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/jms/message/JmsBytesMessage.java
+++ b/qpid-jms-client/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/jms/message/JmsBytesMessage.java
@@ -200,11 +200,22 @@ public double readDouble() throws JMSException {
     @Override
     public String readUTF() throws JMSException {
         initializeReading();
+        final boolean canReset = this.dataIn.markSupported();
+        if (canReset) {
+            this.dataIn.mark(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
+        }
         try {
             return this.dataIn.readUTF();
         } catch (EOFException e) {
             throw JmsExceptionSupport.createMessageEOFException(e);
         } catch (IOException e) {
+            if (canReset) {
+                try {
+                    this.dataIn.reset();
+                } catch (IOException ignored) {
+                    // if reset fails original failure should be propagated
+                }
+            }
             throw JmsExceptionSupport.createMessageFormatException(e);
         }
     }
diff --git a/qpid-jms-client/src/test/java/org/apache/qpid/jms/message/JmsBytesMessageTest.java b/qpid-jms-client/src/test/java/org/apache/qpid/jms/message/JmsBytesMessageTest.java
index e98fdfa55..cef8d3684 100644
--- a/qpid-jms-client/src/test/java/org/apache/qpid/jms/message/JmsBytesMessageTest.java
+++ b/qpid-jms-client/src/test/java/org/apache/qpid/jms/message/JmsBytesMessageTest.java
@@ -438,6 +438,23 @@ public void testReadUTF() throws JMSException {
         assertTrue(msg.readUTF().equals(str));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testReadUTFMessageFormatExceptionDoesNotAdvanceReadPointer() throws Exception {
+        JmsBytesMessage msg = factory.createBytesMessage();
+        msg.writeShort((short) 2);
+        msg.writeByte((byte) 0xC0);
+        msg.writeByte((byte) 0x00);
+        msg.reset();
+
+        assertThrows(MessageFormatException.class, msg::readUTF);
+
+        assertEquals(2, msg.readUnsignedShort());
+        assertEquals((byte) 0xC0, msg.readByte());
+        assertEquals((byte) 0x00, msg.readByte());
+
+        assertThrows(MessageEOFException.class, msg::readByte);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testReadBytesbyteArray() throws JMSException {
         JmsBytesMessage msg = factory.createBytesMessage();