diff --git a/src/required_zarr_filters.jl b/src/required_zarr_filters.jl
index fb180aa..1c3c7d3 100644
--- a/src/required_zarr_filters.jl
+++ b/src/required_zarr_filters.jl
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ function zencode(a::AbstractArray, c::FixedScaleOffsetFilter{ScaleOffsetType, T,
 end
 
 function zdecode(a::AbstractArray, c::FixedScaleOffsetFilter{ScaleOffsetType, T, Tenc}) where {T, Tenc, ScaleOffsetType}
-    data = _reinterpret(Base.nonmissingtype(T), a)
-    return @. (data / c.scale) + c.offset
+    return @. convert(Base.nonmissingtype(T), (a / c.scale) + c.offset)
 end