diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dd47bd0d..4d99734c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Changes in 1.4.5-stable:
  o Rename INPUT and OUTPUT to EVRPC_INPUT and EVRPC_OUTPUT.  Retain INPUT/OUTPUT aliases on on-win32 platforms for backwards compatibility.
  o Do not use SO_REUSEADDR when connecting
  o Fix Windows build
+ o Fix a bug in event_rpcgen when generated fixed-sized entries
 
 Changes in 1.4.4-stable:
  o Correct the documentation on buffer printf functions.
diff --git a/event_rpcgen.py b/event_rpcgen.py
index 5c6ec8d3..0c1b29ec 100755
--- a/event_rpcgen.py
+++ b/event_rpcgen.py
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ class EntryBytes(Entry):
         Entry.__init__(self, type, name, tag)
 
         self._length = length
-        self._ctype = 'uint32_t'
+        self._ctype = 'uint8_t'
 
     def GetDeclaration(self, funcname):
         code = [ 'int %s(struct %s *, %s **);' % (
@@ -518,7 +518,6 @@ class EntryBytes(Entry):
     def CodeNew(self, name):
         code  = ['memset(%s->%s_data, 0, sizeof(%s->%s_data));' % (
             name, self._name, name, self._name)]
-        code.extend(Entry.CodeNew(self, name))
         return code
 
     def Verify(self):
diff --git a/test/regress.c b/test/regress.c
index 4afcbb43..42820459 100644
--- a/test/regress.c
+++ b/test/regress.c
@@ -1363,6 +1363,8 @@ rpc_test(void)
 			exit(1);
 		}
 		EVTAG_ASSIGN(run, how, "very fast but with some data in it");
+		EVTAG_ASSIGN(run, fixed_bytes,
+		    (unsigned char*)"012345678901234567890123");
 	}
 
 	if (msg_complete(msg) == -1) {
diff --git a/test/regress.rpc b/test/regress.rpc
index 3c538f75..65ca95de 100644
--- a/test/regress.rpc
+++ b/test/regress.rpc
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ struct kill {
 
 struct run {
 	string how = 1;
+	optional bytes some_bytes = 2;
+	bytes fixed_bytes[24] = 3;
 }