diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/util/internal/default_value_objectwriter.cc b/src/google/protobuf/util/internal/default_value_objectwriter.cc
index 1e8dab701a..fa31f7638c 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/util/internal/default_value_objectwriter.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/util/internal/default_value_objectwriter.cc
@@ -165,7 +165,10 @@ DefaultValueObjectWriter* DefaultValueObjectWriter::RenderBytes(
   if (current_ == NULL) {
     ow_->RenderBytes(name, value);
   } else {
-    RenderDataPiece(name, DataPiece(value, false, true));
+    // Since StringPiece is essentially a pointer, takes a copy of "value" to
+    // avoid ownership issues.
+    string_values_.push_back(new string(value.ToString()));
+    RenderDataPiece(name, DataPiece(*string_values_.back(), false, true));
   }
   return this;
 }
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/util/json_util_test.cc b/src/google/protobuf/util/json_util_test.cc
index dacac5e01a..24ff5fd6ab 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/util/json_util_test.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/util/json_util_test.cc
@@ -128,6 +128,34 @@ TEST_F(JsonUtilTest, TestDefaultValues) {
       "\"repeatedMessageValue\":[]"
       "}",
       ToJson(m, options));
+
+  options.always_print_primitive_fields = true;
+  m.set_string_value("i am a test string value");
+  m.set_bytes_value("i am a test bytes value");
+  EXPECT_EQ(
+      "{\"boolValue\":false,"
+      "\"int32Value\":0,"
+      "\"int64Value\":\"0\","
+      "\"uint32Value\":0,"
+      "\"uint64Value\":\"0\","
+      "\"floatValue\":0,"
+      "\"doubleValue\":0,"
+      "\"stringValue\":\"i am a test string value\","
+      "\"bytesValue\":\"aSBhbSBhIHRlc3QgYnl0ZXMgdmFsdWU=\","
+      "\"enumValue\":\"FOO\","
+      "\"repeatedBoolValue\":[],"
+      "\"repeatedInt32Value\":[],"
+      "\"repeatedInt64Value\":[],"
+      "\"repeatedUint32Value\":[],"
+      "\"repeatedUint64Value\":[],"
+      "\"repeatedFloatValue\":[],"
+      "\"repeatedDoubleValue\":[],"
+      "\"repeatedStringValue\":[],"
+      "\"repeatedBytesValue\":[],"
+      "\"repeatedEnumValue\":[],"
+      "\"repeatedMessageValue\":[]"
+      "}",
+      ToJson(m, options));
 }
 
 TEST_F(JsonUtilTest, ParseMessage) {