diff --git a/pb.c b/pb.c
index c620ee7..32f82f8 100644
--- a/pb.c
+++ b/pb.c
@@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@ static void lpbD_map(lpb_Env *e, pb_Field *f) {
 static void lpbD_repeated(lpb_Env *e, pb_Field *f, uint32_t tag) {
     lua_State *L = e->L;
     lpb_fetchtable(e, f, NULL);
-    if (f->packed) {
+    if (f->packed && pb_gettype(tag) == PB_TBYTES) {
         int len = lua_rawlen(L, -1);
         lpb_SliceEx p, *s = e->s;
         lpb_readbytes(L, s, &p);