diff --git a/accounts/abi/unpack.go b/accounts/abi/unpack.go
index 905b5ce629d..b2b86b863c2 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/unpack.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/unpack.go
@@ -141,11 +141,143 @@ func ReadFixedBytes(t Type, word []byte) (interface{}, error) {
 	if t.T != FixedBytesTy {
 		return nil, errors.New("abi: invalid type in call to make fixed byte array")
 	}
-	// convert
-	array := reflect.New(t.GetType()).Elem()
 
-	reflect.Copy(array, reflect.ValueOf(word[0:t.Size]))
-	return array.Interface(), nil
+	if t.Size < 1 || t.Size > 32 {
+		return nil, errors.New("abi: invalid size")
+	}
+
+	switch t.Size {
+	case 1:
+		var arr [1]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:1])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 2:
+		var arr [2]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:2])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 3:
+		var arr [3]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:3])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 4:
+		var arr [4]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:4])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 5:
+		var arr [5]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:5])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 6:
+		var arr [6]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:6])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 7:
+		var arr [7]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:7])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 8:
+		var arr [8]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:8])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 9:
+		var arr [9]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:9])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 10:
+		var arr [10]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:10])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 11:
+		var arr [11]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:11])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 12:
+		var arr [12]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:12])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 13:
+		var arr [13]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:13])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 14:
+		var arr [14]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:14])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 15:
+		var arr [15]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:15])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 16:
+		var arr [16]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:16])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 17:
+		var arr [17]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:17])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 18:
+		var arr [18]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:18])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 19:
+		var arr [19]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:19])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 20:
+		var arr [20]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:20])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 21:
+		var arr [21]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:21])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 22:
+		var arr [22]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:22])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 23:
+		var arr [23]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:23])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 24:
+		var arr [24]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:24])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 25:
+		var arr [25]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:25])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 26:
+		var arr [26]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:26])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 27:
+		var arr [27]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:27])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 28:
+		var arr [28]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:28])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 29:
+		var arr [29]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:29])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 30:
+		var arr [30]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:30])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 31:
+		var arr [31]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:31])
+		return arr, nil
+	case 32:
+		var arr [32]byte
+		copy(arr[:], word[:32])
+		return arr, nil
+	default:
+		return nil, errors.New("unsupported size")
+	}
 }
 
 // forEachUnpack iteratively unpack elements.
diff --git a/accounts/abi/unpack_test.go b/accounts/abi/unpack_test.go
index 90713c03ca2..d06619ed99f 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/unpack_test.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/unpack_test.go
@@ -1162,3 +1162,190 @@ func TestPackAndUnpackIncompatibleNumber(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestReadFixedBytes(t *testing.T) {
+	word := make([]byte, 33)
+	for i := range word {
+		word[i] = byte(i)
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		tType   Type
+		word    []byte
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{"size0", Type{T: FixedBytesTy, Size: 0}, word, true},
+		{"size33", Type{T: FixedBytesTy, Size: 33}, word, true},
+	}
+	for size := 1; size <= 32; size++ {
+		tests = append(tests, struct {
+			name    string
+			tType   Type
+			word    []byte
+			wantErr bool
+		}{
+			name:    fmt.Sprintf("size_%d", size),
+			tType:   Type{T: FixedBytesTy, Size: size},
+			word:    word,
+			wantErr: false,
+		})
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := ReadFixedBytes(tt.tType, tt.word)
+			if tt.wantErr {
+				if err == nil {
+					t.Errorf("expected error, got nil")
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			switch arr := got.(type) {
+			case [1]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:1]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [2]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:2]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [3]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:3]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [4]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:4]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [5]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:5]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [6]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:6]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [7]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:7]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [8]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:8]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [9]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:9]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [10]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:10]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [11]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:11]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [12]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:12]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [13]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:13]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [14]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:14]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [15]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:15]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [16]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:16]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [17]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:17]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [18]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:18]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [19]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:19]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [20]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:20]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [21]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:21]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [22]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:22]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [23]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:23]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [24]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:24]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [25]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:25]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [26]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:26]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [27]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:27]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [28]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:28]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [29]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:29]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [30]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:30]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [31]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:31]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			case [32]byte:
+				if !bytes.Equal(arr[:], word[:32]) {
+					t.Errorf("data mismatch")
+				}
+			default:
+				t.Errorf("unexpected type %T", got)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkReadFixedBytes(b *testing.B) {
+	t := Type{T: FixedBytesTy, Size: 32}
+	word := make([]byte, 32)
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_, _ = ReadFixedBytes(t, word)
+	}
+}