diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/checkpoint/ShardRecordProcessorCheckpointer.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/checkpoint/ShardRecordProcessorCheckpointer.java
index 4e831c4b..8ecf58ec 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/checkpoint/ShardRecordProcessorCheckpointer.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/checkpoint/ShardRecordProcessorCheckpointer.java
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public class ShardRecordProcessorCheckpointer implements RecordProcessorCheckpoi
     @Override
     public PreparedCheckpointer prepareCheckpoint(String sequenceNumber, byte[] applicationState)
             throws KinesisClientLibDependencyException, InvalidStateException, ThrottlingException, ShutdownException, IllegalArgumentException {
-        return prepareCheckpoint(sequenceNumber, 0, null);
+        return prepareCheckpoint(sequenceNumber, 0, applicationState);
     }
 
     /**