diff --git a/src/bin/evas/evas_cserve2_index.c b/src/bin/evas/evas_cserve2_index.c
index 699ef95064..816a686d23 100644
--- a/src/bin/evas/evas_cserve2_index.c
+++ b/src/bin/evas/evas_cserve2_index.c
@@ -544,6 +544,14 @@ _shared_index_entry_get_by_id(Shared_Index *si, unsigned int id)
    base = si->sa->ds->data + sizeof(Shared_Array_Header);
    elemsize = si->sa->header->elemsize;
 
+   // Direct access, works for non-repacked arrays
+   if ((int) id < high)
+     {
+        obj = (Index_Entry *) (base + (elemsize * id));
+        if (obj->id == id)
+          return obj;
+     }
+
    // Binary search
    start_high = high;
    while(high != low)
diff --git a/src/bin/evas/evas_cserve2_shm_debug.c b/src/bin/evas/evas_cserve2_shm_debug.c
index e17e5d2b40..bde62bd89b 100644
--- a/src/bin/evas/evas_cserve2_shm_debug.c
+++ b/src/bin/evas/evas_cserve2_shm_debug.c
@@ -286,6 +286,14 @@ _shared_index_item_get_by_id(Shm_File *si, int elemsize, unsigned int id)
 
    base = si->data  + sizeof(Shared_Array_Header);
 
+   // Direct access, works for non-repacked arrays
+   if ((int) id < high)
+     {
+        obj = (Shm_Object *) (base + (elemsize * id));
+        if (obj->id == id)
+          return obj;
+     }
+
    // Binary search
    start_high = high;
    while(high != low)
diff --git a/src/lib/evas/cserve2/evas_cs2_client.c b/src/lib/evas/cserve2/evas_cs2_client.c
index 5721d0bd69..9bcf966339 100644
--- a/src/lib/evas/cserve2/evas_cs2_client.c
+++ b/src/lib/evas/cserve2/evas_cs2_client.c
@@ -1929,6 +1929,14 @@ _shared_index_item_get_by_id(Shared_Index *si, int elemsize, unsigned int id)
 
    base = si->data  + sizeof(Shared_Array_Header);
 
+   // Direct access, works for non-repacked arrays
+   if ((int) id < high)
+     {
+        obj = (Shm_Object *) (base + (elemsize * id));
+        if (obj->id == id)
+          return obj;
+     }
+
    // Binary search
    start_high = high;
    while(high != low)