diff --git a/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/serializer/StringSerializer.java b/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/serializer/StringSerializer.java
index 99c34c260f..fd84c7ca3a 100644
--- a/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/serializer/StringSerializer.java
+++ b/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/serializer/StringSerializer.java
@@ -176,7 +176,11 @@ public String readString(MemoryBuffer buffer) {
   public Expression readStringExpr(Expression strSerializer, Expression buffer) {
     if (isJava) {
       if (STRING_VALUE_FIELD_IS_BYTES) {
-        return new Invoke(strSerializer, "readBytesString", STRING_TYPE, buffer);
+        if (compressString) {
+          return new Invoke(strSerializer, "readCompressedBytesString", STRING_TYPE, buffer);
+        } else {
+          return new Invoke(strSerializer, "readBytesString", STRING_TYPE, buffer);
+        }
       } else {
         if (!STRING_VALUE_FIELD_IS_CHARS) {
           throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
diff --git a/java/fury-core/src/test/java/org/apache/fury/serializer/StringSerializerTest.java b/java/fury-core/src/test/java/org/apache/fury/serializer/StringSerializerTest.java
index 15c46c57f7..123f3e54e6 100644
--- a/java/fury-core/src/test/java/org/apache/fury/serializer/StringSerializerTest.java
+++ b/java/fury-core/src/test/java/org/apache/fury/serializer/StringSerializerTest.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
+import lombok.Data;
 import org.apache.fury.Fury;
 import org.apache.fury.FuryTestBase;
 import org.apache.fury.collection.Tuple2;
@@ -160,6 +161,35 @@ public void testJavaStringSimple() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Data
+  public static class Simple {
+    private String str;
+
+    public Simple(String str) {
+      this.str = str;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Test for <a href="https://github.com/apache/fury/issues/1984">#1984</a> */
+  @Test
+  public void testJavaCompressedString() {
+    Fury fury =
+        Fury.builder()
+            .withStringCompressed(true)
+            .withLanguage(Language.JAVA)
+            .requireClassRegistration(false)
+            .build();
+
+    Simple a =
+        new Simple(
+            "STG@ON DEMAND Solutions@GeoComputing Switch/ Hub@Digi Edgeport/216 – 16 port Serial Hub");
+
+    byte[] bytes = fury.serialize(a);
+
+    Simple b = (Simple) fury.deserialize(bytes);
+    assertEquals(a, b);
+  }
+
   @Test(dataProvider = "stringCompress")
   public void testJavaString(boolean stringCompress) {
     Fury fury =