1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/document/src/main/java/com/yahoo/document/serialization/VespaDocumentDeserializerHead.java b/document/src/main/java/com/yahoo/document/serialization/VespaDocumentDeserializerHead.java
index 58c50f047f9..e7f1525ff81 100644
--- a/document/src/main/java/com/yahoo/document/serialization/VespaDocumentDeserializerHead.java
+++ b/document/src/main/java/com/yahoo/document/serialization/VespaDocumentDeserializerHead.java
@@ -61,10 +61,12 @@ public class VespaDocumentDeserializerHead extends VespaDocumentDeserializer6 {
         }
         TensorDataType tensorDataType = (TensorDataType)type;
         TensorType tensorType = tensorDataType.getTensorType();
-        TensorType convertedType = TensorRemoveUpdate.extractSparseDimensions(tensorType);
 
-        TensorFieldValue tensor = new TensorFieldValue(convertedType);
+        TensorFieldValue tensor = new TensorFieldValue();
         tensor.deserialize(this);
-        return new TensorRemoveUpdate(tensor);
+        var result = new TensorRemoveUpdate(tensor);
+        result.verifyCompatibleType(tensorType);
+        return result;
     }
+
 }