diff --git a/lib/aerospike/utils/unpacker.rb b/lib/aerospike/utils/unpacker.rb
index 7bd0baf4..26af3607 100644
--- a/lib/aerospike/utils/unpacker.rb
+++ b/lib/aerospike/utils/unpacker.rb
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ def normalize_elem(elem)
         end
         value
       when Array
-        normalize_strings_in_array(elem)
+        unpack_list(elem)
       when Hash
-        normalize_strings_in_map(elem)
+        unpack_map(elem)
       else
         elem
       end