diff --git a/Objective-J/CFPropertyList.js b/Objective-J/CFPropertyList.js
index a82b2ea03..2a7f466b3 100644
--- a/Objective-J/CFPropertyList.js
+++ b/Objective-J/CFPropertyList.js
@@ -603,7 +603,8 @@ CFPropertyList.propertyListFromXML = function(/*String | XMLNode*/ aStringOrXMLN
                                         break;
 
             case PLIST_DATA:            object = new CFMutableData();
-                                        object._bytes = FIRST_CHILD(XMLNode) ? CFData.decodeBase64ToArray(TEXT_CONTENT(XMLNode), YES) : [];
+                                        var data_bytes = FIRST_CHILD(XMLNode) ? CFData.decodeBase64ToArray(TEXT_CONTENT(XMLNode), YES) : [];
+                                        object.setBytes(data_bytes);
                                         break;
 
             default:                    throw new Error("*** " + NODE_NAME(XMLNode) + " tag not recognized in Plist.");