1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/src/tls/TlsUtilities.cs b/crypto/src/tls/TlsUtilities.cs
index f12198082..463928ba6 100644
--- a/crypto/src/tls/TlsUtilities.cs
+++ b/crypto/src/tls/TlsUtilities.cs
@@ -747,9 +747,16 @@ namespace Org.BouncyCastle.Tls
 
         public static short ReadUint8(byte[] buf, int offset)
         {
-            return (short)(buf[offset] & 0xff);
+            return (short)buf[offset];
         }
 
+#if NETCOREAPP2_1_OR_GREATER || NETSTANDARD2_1_OR_GREATER
+        public static short ReadUint8(ReadOnlySpan<byte> buffer)
+        {
+            return (short)buffer[0];
+        }
+#endif
+
         public static int ReadUint16(Stream input)
         {
             int i1 = input.ReadByte();