diff --git a/go/table.go b/go/table.go
index 21c112181..dc5c39908 100644
--- a/go/table.go
+++ b/go/table.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ func (t *Table) Indirect(off UOffsetT) UOffsetT {
 
 // String gets a string from data stored inside the flatbuffer.
 func (t *Table) String(off UOffsetT) string {
-	off += t.Pos
 	off += GetUOffsetT(t.Bytes[off:])
 	start := off + UOffsetT(SizeUOffsetT)
 	length := GetUOffsetT(t.Bytes[off:])
diff --git a/src/idl_gen_go.cpp b/src/idl_gen_go.cpp
index b71c09b7a..8b7afde4d 100644
--- a/src/idl_gen_go.cpp
+++ b/src/idl_gen_go.cpp
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ static void GetStringField(const StructDef &struct_def,
   code += " " +  MakeCamel(field.name);
   code += "() " + TypeName(field) + " ";
   code += OffsetPrefix(field) + "\t\treturn " + GenGetter(field.value.type);
-  code += "(o)\n\t}\n\treturn \"\"\n";
+  code += "(o + rcv._tab.Pos)\n\t}\n\treturn \"\"\n";
   code += "}\n\n";
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/MyGame/Example/Monster.go b/tests/MyGame/Example/Monster.go
index 16b1053ef..688553c5a 100644
--- a/tests/MyGame/Example/Monster.go
+++ b/tests/MyGame/Example/Monster.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (rcv *Monster) Hp() int16 {
 func (rcv *Monster) Name() string {
 	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(10))
 	if o != 0 {
-		return rcv._tab.String(o)
+		return rcv._tab.String(o + rcv._tab.Pos)
 	}
 	return ""
 }
diff --git a/tests/go_test.go b/tests/go_test.go
index 313ee6401..a9ad01d37 100644
--- a/tests/go_test.go
+++ b/tests/go_test.go
@@ -235,6 +235,18 @@ func CheckReadBuffer(buf []byte, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT, fail func(string,
 	if 100 != sum {
 		fail(FailString("test0 and test1 sum", 100, sum))
 	}
+
+	if got := monster.TestarrayofstringLength(); 2 != got {
+		fail(FailString("Testarrayofstring length", 2, got))
+	}
+
+	if got := monster.Testarrayofstring(0); "test1" != got {
+		fail(FailString("Testarrayofstring(0)", "test1", got))
+	}
+
+	if got := monster.Testarrayofstring(1); "test2" != got {
+		fail(FailString("Testarrayofstring(1)", "test2", got))
+	}
 }
 
 // Low level stress/fuzz test: serialize/deserialize a variety of
@@ -891,6 +903,9 @@ func CheckManualBuild(fail func(string, ...interface{})) ([]byte, flatbuffers.UO
 func CheckGeneratedBuild(fail func(string, ...interface{})) ([]byte, flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
 	b := flatbuffers.NewBuilder(0)
 	str := b.CreateString("MyMonster")
+	test1 := b.CreateString("test1")
+	test2 := b.CreateString("test2")
+
 	example.MonsterStartInventoryVector(b, 5)
 	b.PrependByte(4)
 	b.PrependByte(3)
@@ -908,6 +923,11 @@ func CheckGeneratedBuild(fail func(string, ...interface{})) ([]byte, flatbuffers
 	example.CreateTest(b, 30, 40)
 	test4 := b.EndVector(2)
 
+	example.MonsterStartTestarrayofstringVector(b, 2)
+	b.PrependUOffsetT(test2)
+	b.PrependUOffsetT(test1)
+	testArrayOfString := b.EndVector(2)
+
 	example.MonsterStart(b)
 
 	pos := example.CreateVec3(b, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 3.0, 4, 5, 6)
@@ -919,6 +939,7 @@ func CheckGeneratedBuild(fail func(string, ...interface{})) ([]byte, flatbuffers
 	example.MonsterAddTestType(b, 1)
 	example.MonsterAddTest(b, mon2)
 	example.MonsterAddTest4(b, test4)
+	example.MonsterAddTestarrayofstring(b, testArrayOfString)
 	mon := example.MonsterEnd(b)
 
 	b.Finish(mon)