diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/UTF8StreamJsonParser.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/UTF8StreamJsonParser.java
index b42400d144..9b86b1a0ef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/UTF8StreamJsonParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/UTF8StreamJsonParser.java
@@ -1956,11 +1956,10 @@ protected Name _parseAposName() throws IOException
             if (qlen >= quads.length) {
                 _quadBuffer = quads = growArrayBy(quads, quads.length);
             }
-            quads[qlen++] = currQuad;
+            quads[qlen++] = pad(currQuad, currQuadBytes);
         }
         Name name = _symbols.findName(quads, qlen);
         if (name == null) {
-            quads[qlen - 1] = pad(quads[qlen - 1], currQuadBytes);
             name = addName(quads, qlen, currQuadBytes);
         }
         return name;