diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/reader.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/reader.rs
index 7876b5ba1..7d7017569 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/reader.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/reader.rs
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ impl ArrowReader {
                 // skip row groups that aren't present in selected_row_groups
                 if idx == selected_row_groups[selected_row_groups_idx] {
                     selected_row_groups_idx += 1;
-                    if selected_row_groups_idx == selected_row_groups.len() {
+                    if selected_row_groups_idx == selected_row_groups.len() + 1 {
                         break;
                     }
                 } else {