diff --git a/src/clib/pio_get_vard.c b/src/clib/pio_get_vard.c
index cccead9bc62..87b4e09b254 100644
--- a/src/clib/pio_get_vard.c
+++ b/src/clib/pio_get_vard.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ int PIOc_get_vard_text(int ncid, int varid, int decompid,
 int PIOc_get_vard_uchar(int ncid, int varid, int decompid,
                         const PIO_Offset recnum, unsigned char *buf)
 {
-    return PIOc_get_vard_tc(ncid, varid, decompid, recnum, NC_UBYTE, buf);
+    return PIOc_get_vard_tc(ncid, varid, decompid, recnum, NC_CHAR, buf);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/clib/pio_getput_int.c b/src/clib/pio_getput_int.c
index 04b5277df30..6b71c2eaed1 100644
--- a/src/clib/pio_getput_int.c
+++ b/src/clib/pio_getput_int.c
@@ -1453,6 +1453,9 @@ PIOc_get_vard_tc(int ncid, int varid, int decompid, const PIO_Offset recnum,
     var_desc_t *vdesc;     /* Pointer to var information. */
     int ret;
 
+    LOG((1, "PIOc_get_vard_tc ncid %d varid %d decompid %d recnum %d "
+         "xtype %d", ncid, varid, decompid, recnum, xtype));
+
     /* Get file info. */
     if ((ret = pio_get_file(ncid, &file)))
         return pio_err(NULL, NULL, ret, __FILE__, __LINE__);
@@ -1465,6 +1468,7 @@ PIOc_get_vard_tc(int ncid, int varid, int decompid, const PIO_Offset recnum,
     /* Get var info. */
     if ((ret = get_var_desc(varid, &file->varlist, &vdesc)))
         return pio_err(ios, file, ret, __FILE__, __LINE__);
+    LOG((2, "vdesc->pio_type %d", vdesc->pio_type));
 
     /* Disallow type conversion for now. */
     if (xtype != NC_NAT && xtype != vdesc->pio_type)
diff --git a/tests/cunit/test_darray_vard.c b/tests/cunit/test_darray_vard.c
index df1aee792d8..6a2a447ad8c 100644
--- a/tests/cunit/test_darray_vard.c
+++ b/tests/cunit/test_darray_vard.c
@@ -227,9 +227,41 @@ int test_darray(int iosysid, int ioid, int num_flavors, int *flavor,
                 ERR(ret);
 
             /* Read the data. */
-            if ((ret = PIOc_get_vard(ncid2, varid, ioid, 0,
-                                     (void *)test_data_in)))
-                ERR(ret);
+            switch (pio_type)
+            {
+            case PIO_CHAR:
+                if ((ret = PIOc_get_vard_uchar(ncid2, varid, ioid, 0,
+                                               test_data_char_in)))
+                    ERR(ret);
+                break;
+            case PIO_BYTE:
+                if ((ret = PIOc_get_vard_schar(ncid2, varid, ioid, 0,
+                                               test_data_byte_in)))
+                    ERR(ret);
+                break;
+            case PIO_SHORT:
+                if ((ret = PIOc_get_vard_short(ncid2, varid, ioid, 0,
+                                               test_data_short_in)))
+                    ERR(ret);
+                break;
+            case PIO_INT:
+                if ((ret = PIOc_get_vard_int(ncid2, varid, ioid, 0,
+                                               test_data_int_in)))
+                    ERR(ret);
+                break;
+            case PIO_FLOAT:
+                if ((ret = PIOc_get_vard_float(ncid2, varid, ioid, 0,
+                                               test_data_float_in)))
+                    ERR(ret);
+                break;
+            case PIO_DOUBLE:
+                if ((ret = PIOc_get_vard_double(ncid2, varid, ioid, 0,
+                                               test_data_double_in)))
+                    ERR(ret);
+                break;
+            default:
+                ERR(ERR_WRONG);
+            }
 
             /* Check the results. */
             for (f = 0; f < arraylen; f++)