diff --git a/csharp/src/Apache.Arrow/Ipc/ArrowReaderImplementation.cs b/csharp/src/Apache.Arrow/Ipc/ArrowReaderImplementation.cs
index d3115da52cc6..d9174b291da3 100644
--- a/csharp/src/Apache.Arrow/Ipc/ArrowReaderImplementation.cs
+++ b/csharp/src/Apache.Arrow/Ipc/ArrowReaderImplementation.cs
@@ -196,7 +196,8 @@ private List<IArrowArray> BuildArrays(
                     : LoadVariableField(version, ref recordBatchEnumerator, field, in fieldNode, messageBuffer, bufferCreator);
 
                 arrays.Add(ArrowArrayFactory.BuildArray(arrayData));
-            } while (recordBatchEnumerator.MoveNextNode());
+            } while (recordBatchEnumerator.MoveNextNode() && schemaFieldIndex < schema.FieldsList.Count);
+
 
             return arrays;
         }