diff --git a/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-api-parent/nd4j-api/src/main/java/org/nd4j/linalg/api/ndarray/BaseNDArray.java b/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-api-parent/nd4j-api/src/main/java/org/nd4j/linalg/api/ndarray/BaseNDArray.java
index 55ce8039b..835a2f4cb 100644
--- a/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-api-parent/nd4j-api/src/main/java/org/nd4j/linalg/api/ndarray/BaseNDArray.java
+++ b/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-api-parent/nd4j-api/src/main/java/org/nd4j/linalg/api/ndarray/BaseNDArray.java
@@ -5341,7 +5341,7 @@ public abstract class BaseNDArray implements INDArray, Iterable {
 
         if (!this.isView()) {
             Nd4j.getExecutioner().commit();
-            DataBuffer buffer = Nd4j.createBuffer(this.length(), false);
+            DataBuffer buffer = Nd4j.createBuffer(this.dataType(), this.length(), false);
             Nd4j.getMemoryManager().memcpy(buffer, this.data());
 
             copy = Nd4j.createArrayFromShapeBuffer(buffer, this.shapeInfoDataBuffer());
diff --git a/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-tests/src/test/java/org/nd4j/linalg/workspace/SpecialWorkspaceTests.java b/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-tests/src/test/java/org/nd4j/linalg/workspace/SpecialWorkspaceTests.java
index aefbafe53..2c98d23b1 100644
--- a/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-tests/src/test/java/org/nd4j/linalg/workspace/SpecialWorkspaceTests.java
+++ b/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-tests/src/test/java/org/nd4j/linalg/workspace/SpecialWorkspaceTests.java
@@ -425,6 +425,21 @@ public class SpecialWorkspaceTests extends BaseNd4jTest {
         Files.delete(tmpFile);
     }
 
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMigrateToWorkspace(){
+        val src = Nd4j.createFromArray (1L,2L);
+        val wsConf = new WorkspaceConfiguration().builder().build();
+        Nd4j.getWorkspaceManager().createNewWorkspace(wsConf,"testWS");
+        val ws = Nd4j.getWorkspaceManager().getAndActivateWorkspace("testWS");
+
+        val migrated = src.migrate();
+        assertEquals(src.dataType(), migrated.dataType());
+        assertEquals(1L, migrated.getLong(0));
+
+        ws.close();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public char ordering() {
         return 'c';