diff --git a/src/types/value_ref.rs b/src/types/value_ref.rs
index 503f905..80d2457 100644
--- a/src/types/value_ref.rs
+++ b/src/types/value_ref.rs
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ where
 impl<'a> ValueRef<'a> {
     pub(crate) unsafe fn from_value(value: *mut crate::ffi::sqlite3_value) -> ValueRef<'a> {
         use crate::ffi;
-        use std::ffi::CStr;
-        use std::os::raw::c_char;
         use std::slice::from_raw_parts;
 
         match ffi::sqlite3_value_type(value) {
@@ -136,13 +134,12 @@ impl<'a> ValueRef<'a> {
             ffi::SQLITE_FLOAT => ValueRef::Real(ffi::sqlite3_value_double(value)),
             ffi::SQLITE_TEXT => {
                 let text = ffi::sqlite3_value_text(value);
+                let len = ffi::sqlite3_value_bytes(value);
                 assert!(
                     !text.is_null(),
                     "unexpected SQLITE_TEXT value type with NULL data"
                 );
-                let s = CStr::from_ptr(text as *const c_char);
-
-                let s = s.to_bytes();
+                let s = from_raw_parts(text as *const u8, len as usize);
                 ValueRef::Text(s)
             }
             ffi::SQLITE_BLOB => {