diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/AvroOrcUtils.java b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/AvroOrcUtils.java
index ca59c301c887e..c31184244390f 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/AvroOrcUtils.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/AvroOrcUtils.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 import org.apache.orc.TypeDescription;
 
 import static org.apache.avro.JsonProperties.NULL_VALUE;
+import static org.apache.hudi.common.util.BinaryUtil.toBytes;
 
 /**
  * Methods including addToVector, addUnionValue, createOrcSchema are originally from
@@ -221,8 +222,7 @@ public static void addToVector(TypeDescription type, ColumnVector colVector, Sch
           binaryBytes = ((GenericData.Fixed)value).bytes();
         } else if (value instanceof ByteBuffer) {
           final ByteBuffer byteBuffer = (ByteBuffer) value;
-          binaryBytes = new byte[byteBuffer.remaining()];
-          byteBuffer.get(binaryBytes);
+          binaryBytes = toBytes(byteBuffer);
         } else if (value instanceof byte[]) {
           binaryBytes = (byte[]) value;
         } else {
diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/BinaryUtil.java b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/BinaryUtil.java
index 9fec2c8cf5924..9d8f6c8e90cf3 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/BinaryUtil.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/BinaryUtil.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.hudi.common.util;
 
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.zip.CRC32;
 
@@ -117,6 +118,15 @@ public static byte updatePos(byte a, int apos, byte b, int bpos) {
     return (byte) (a ^ (1 << (7 - apos)));
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Copies {@link ByteBuffer} into allocated {@code byte[]} array
+   */
+  public static byte[] toBytes(ByteBuffer buffer) {
+    byte[] bytes = new byte[buffer.remaining()];
+    buffer.get(bytes);
+    return bytes;
+  }
+
   public static byte[] toBytes(int val) {
     byte[] b = new byte[4];
     for (int i = 3; i > 0; i--) {
diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/OrcUtils.java b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/OrcUtils.java
index 0cc40591972a0..5afe354d0e755 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/OrcUtils.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/OrcUtils.java
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import static org.apache.hudi.common.util.BinaryUtil.toBytes;
+
 /**
  * Utility functions for ORC files.
  */
@@ -238,8 +240,7 @@ public Schema readAvroSchema(Configuration conf, Path orcFilePath) {
     try (Reader reader = OrcFile.createReader(orcFilePath, OrcFile.readerOptions(conf))) {
       if (reader.hasMetadataValue("orc.avro.schema")) {
         ByteBuffer metadataValue = reader.getMetadataValue("orc.avro.schema");
-        byte[] bytes = new byte[metadataValue.remaining()];
-        metadataValue.get(bytes);
+        byte[] bytes = toBytes(metadataValue);
         return new Schema.Parser().parse(new String(bytes));
       } else {
         TypeDescription orcSchema = reader.getSchema();
diff --git a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/ColumnStatsIndexSupport.scala b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/ColumnStatsIndexSupport.scala
index 58511f791ed78..5cf7a5ec035ab 100644
--- a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/ColumnStatsIndexSupport.scala
+++ b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/ColumnStatsIndexSupport.scala
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.hudi.common.data.HoodieData
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieRecord
 import org.apache.hudi.common.table.HoodieTableMetaClient
 import org.apache.hudi.common.table.view.FileSystemViewStorageConfig
+import org.apache.hudi.common.util.BinaryUtil.toBytes
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.ValidationUtils.checkState
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.collection
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.hash.ColumnIndexID
@@ -469,10 +470,7 @@ object ColumnStatsIndexSupport {
         }
       case BinaryType =>
         value match {
-          case b: ByteBuffer =>
-            val bytes = new Array[Byte](b.remaining)
-            b.get(bytes)
-            bytes
+          case b: ByteBuffer => toBytes(b)
           case other => other
         }
 
diff --git a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/SerDeUtils.scala b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/SerDeUtils.scala
index 32d1960ee13ee..631644121c133 100644
--- a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/SerDeUtils.scala
+++ b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/SerDeUtils.scala
@@ -17,39 +17,28 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.hudi
 
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
-
-import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.Kryo
-import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.io.{Input, Output}
+import org.apache.hudi.common.util.BinaryUtil
 import org.apache.spark.SparkConf
-import org.apache.spark.serializer.KryoSerializer
+import org.apache.spark.serializer.{KryoSerializer, SerializerInstance}
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer
 
 
 object SerDeUtils {
 
-  private val kryoLocal = new ThreadLocal[Kryo] {
+  private val SERIALIZER_THREAD_LOCAL = new ThreadLocal[SerializerInstance] {
 
-    override protected def initialValue: Kryo = {
-      val serializer = new KryoSerializer(new SparkConf(true))
-      serializer.newKryo()
+    override protected def initialValue: SerializerInstance = {
+      new KryoSerializer(new SparkConf(true)).newInstance()
     }
   }
 
   def toBytes(o: Any): Array[Byte] = {
-    val outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(4096 * 5)
-    val output = new Output(outputStream)
-    try {
-      kryoLocal.get.writeClassAndObject(output, o)
-      output.flush()
-    } finally {
-      output.clear()
-      output.close()
-    }
-    outputStream.toByteArray
+    val buf = SERIALIZER_THREAD_LOCAL.get.serialize(o)
+    BinaryUtil.toBytes(buf)
   }
 
   def toObject(bytes: Array[Byte]): Any = {
-    val input = new Input(bytes)
-    kryoLocal.get.readClassAndObject(input)
+    SERIALIZER_THREAD_LOCAL.get.deserialize(ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes))
   }
 }