diff --git a/parquet/src/arrow/array_reader/cached_array_reader.rs b/parquet/src/arrow/array_reader/cached_array_reader.rs
index 21f0c2afa41..a1d7b38f264 100644
--- a/parquet/src/arrow/array_reader/cached_array_reader.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/arrow/array_reader/cached_array_reader.rs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ impl CachedArrayReader {
             outer_position: 0,
             inner_position: 0,
             batch_size,
-            selections: BooleanBufferBuilder::new(0),
+            selections: BooleanBufferBuilder::new(batch_size),
             role,
             local_cache: HashMap::new(),
             metrics,
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ impl ArrayReader for CachedArrayReader {
                         read += select_cnt;
                         self.metrics.increment_cache_reads(select_cnt);
                         self.outer_position += select_cnt;
-                        self.selections.append_n(select_cnt, true);
                     } else {
                         // this is last batch and we have used all records from it
                         break;
@@ -245,7 +244,6 @@ impl ArrayReader for CachedArrayReader {
                     );
                     read += select_from_this_batch;
                     self.outer_position += select_from_this_batch;
-                    self.selections.append_n(select_from_this_batch, true);
                     if read_from_inner < self.batch_size {
                         // this is last batch from inner reader
                         break;
@@ -253,6 +251,7 @@ impl ArrayReader for CachedArrayReader {
                 }
             }
         }
+        self.selections.append_n(read, true);
         Ok(read)
     }
 
@@ -261,9 +260,9 @@ impl ArrayReader for CachedArrayReader {
         while skipped < num_records {
             let size = std::cmp::min(num_records - skipped, self.batch_size);
             skipped += size;
-            self.selections.append_n(size, false);
             self.outer_position += size;
         }
+        self.selections.append_n(skipped, false);
         Ok(num_records)
     }
 
@@ -313,7 +312,7 @@ impl ArrayReader for CachedArrayReader {
             selected_arrays.push(filtered);
         }
 
-        self.selections = BooleanBufferBuilder::new(0);
+        self.selections = BooleanBufferBuilder::new(self.batch_size);
 
         // Only remove batches from local buffer that are completely behind current position
         // Keep the current batch and any future batches as they might still be needed