diff --git a/lnode.go b/lnode.go
index f7b1c81..f84a412 100644
--- a/lnode.go
+++ b/lnode.go
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ type lnode struct {
 
 // key returns a byte slice of the node key.
 func (n *lnode) key() []byte {
-	return (*[MaxKeySize]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&n))[n.pos : n.pos+n.ksize]
+	buf := (*[maxAllocSize]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(n))
+	return buf[n.pos:n.pos+n.ksize]
 }
 
 // value returns a byte slice of the node value.
 func (n *lnode) value() []byte {
-	return (*[MaxKeySize]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&n))[n.pos+n.ksize : n.pos+n.ksize+n.vsize]
+	buf := (*[maxAllocSize]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(n))
+	return buf[n.pos+n.ksize:n.pos+n.ksize+n.vsize]
 }
diff --git a/page.go b/page.go
index 09d4062..dbfff64 100644
--- a/page.go
+++ b/page.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 const pageHeaderSize = int(unsafe.Offsetof(((*page)(nil)).ptr))
 
-const maxPageAllocSize = 0xFFFFFFF
+const maxAllocSize = 0xFFFFFFF
 const minKeysPerPage = 2
 const maxNodesPerPage = 65535
 
diff --git a/tpage.go b/tpage.go
index c4dc83f..3701789 100644
--- a/tpage.go
+++ b/tpage.go
@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@ func (p *tpage) put(key []byte, value []byte) {
 
 // read initializes the node data from an on-disk page.
 func (p *tpage) read(page *page) {
-	p.nodes = make(tnodes, page.count)
+	ncount := int(page.count)
+	p.nodes = make(tnodes, ncount)
 	lnodes := (*[maxNodesPerPage]lnode)(unsafe.Pointer(&page.ptr))
-	for i := 0; i < int(page.count); i++ {
-		lnode := lnodes[i]
+	for i := 0; i < ncount; i++ {
+		lnode := &lnodes[i]
 		n := &p.nodes[i]
 		n.key = lnode.key()
 		n.value = lnode.value()
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ func (p *tpage) write(pageSize int, allocate allocator) ([]*page, error) {
 
 		// Loop over each node and write it to the page.
 		lnodes := (*[maxNodesPerPage]lnode)(unsafe.Pointer(&page.ptr))
-		b := (*[maxPageAllocSize]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&page.ptr))[lnodeSize*len(nodes):]
+		b := (*[maxAllocSize]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&page.ptr))[lnodeSize*len(nodes):]
 		for index, node := range nodes {
 			// Write node.
 			lnode := &lnodes[index]
diff --git a/tpage_test.go b/tpage_test.go
index d14ebdb..5ca6d63 100644
--- a/tpage_test.go
+++ b/tpage_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package bolt
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
@@ -21,7 +22,31 @@ func TestTpagePut(t *testing.T) {
 
 // Ensure that a temporary page can deserialize from a page.
 func TestTpageRead(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("pending")
+	// Create a page.
+	var buf [4096]byte
+	page := (*page)(unsafe.Pointer(&buf[0]))
+	page.count = 2
+
+	// Insert 2 leaf nodes at the beginning. sizeof(lnode) == 16
+	nodes := (*[3]lnode)(unsafe.Pointer(&page.ptr))
+	nodes[0] = lnode{flags: 0, pos: 32, ksize: 3, vsize: 4} // pos = sizeof(lnode) * 2
+	nodes[1] = lnode{flags: 0, pos: 23, ksize: 10, vsize: 3} // pos = sizeof(lnode) + 3 + 4
+
+	// Write data for the nodes at the end.
+	data := (*[4096]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&nodes[2]))
+	copy(data[:], []byte("barfooz"))
+	copy(data[7:], []byte("helloworldbye"))
+
+	// Deserialize page into a temporary page.
+	p := &tpage{}
+	p.read(page)
+
+	// Check that there are two nodes with correct data.
+	assert.Equal(t, len(p.nodes), 2)
+	assert.Equal(t, p.nodes[0].key, []byte("bar"))
+	assert.Equal(t, p.nodes[0].value, []byte("fooz"))
+	assert.Equal(t, p.nodes[1].key, []byte("helloworld"))
+	assert.Equal(t, p.nodes[1].value, []byte("bye"))
 }
 
 // Ensure that a temporary page can serialize itself.