diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/columnar/ColumnAccessor.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/columnar/ColumnAccessor.scala
index ffd4894b5213d..3c39e1d350fa8 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/columnar/ColumnAccessor.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/columnar/ColumnAccessor.scala
@@ -100,20 +100,21 @@ private[sql] class GenericColumnAccessor(buffer: ByteBuffer)
 
 private[sql] object ColumnAccessor {
   def apply(buffer: ByteBuffer): ColumnAccessor = {
+    val dup = buffer.duplicate().order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder)
     // The first 4 bytes in the buffer indicate the column type.
-    val columnTypeId = buffer.getInt()
+    val columnTypeId = dup.getInt()
 
     columnTypeId match {
-      case INT.typeId     => new IntColumnAccessor(buffer)
-      case LONG.typeId    => new LongColumnAccessor(buffer)
-      case FLOAT.typeId   => new FloatColumnAccessor(buffer)
-      case DOUBLE.typeId  => new DoubleColumnAccessor(buffer)
-      case BOOLEAN.typeId => new BooleanColumnAccessor(buffer)
-      case BYTE.typeId    => new ByteColumnAccessor(buffer)
-      case SHORT.typeId   => new ShortColumnAccessor(buffer)
-      case STRING.typeId  => new StringColumnAccessor(buffer)
-      case BINARY.typeId  => new BinaryColumnAccessor(buffer)
-      case GENERIC.typeId => new GenericColumnAccessor(buffer)
+      case INT.typeId     => new IntColumnAccessor(dup)
+      case LONG.typeId    => new LongColumnAccessor(dup)
+      case FLOAT.typeId   => new FloatColumnAccessor(dup)
+      case DOUBLE.typeId  => new DoubleColumnAccessor(dup)
+      case BOOLEAN.typeId => new BooleanColumnAccessor(dup)
+      case BYTE.typeId    => new ByteColumnAccessor(dup)
+      case SHORT.typeId   => new ShortColumnAccessor(dup)
+      case STRING.typeId  => new StringColumnAccessor(dup)
+      case BINARY.typeId  => new BinaryColumnAccessor(dup)
+      case GENERIC.typeId => new GenericColumnAccessor(dup)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/columnar/ColumnarQuerySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/columnar/ColumnarQuerySuite.scala
index 70b2e851737f8..2ed4cf2170f9d 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/columnar/ColumnarQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/columnar/ColumnarQuerySuite.scala
@@ -31,4 +31,12 @@ class ColumnarQuerySuite extends QueryTest {
 
     checkAnswer(scan, testData.collect().toSeq)
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-1436 regression: in-memory columns must be able to be accessed multiple times") {
+    val plan = TestSQLContext.executePlan(testData.logicalPlan).executedPlan
+    val scan = SparkLogicalPlan(InMemoryColumnarTableScan(plan.output, plan))
+
+    checkAnswer(scan, testData.collect().toSeq)
+    checkAnswer(scan, testData.collect().toSeq)
+  }
 }