diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/ParquetMetadataConverter.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/ParquetMetadataConverter.java
index e752b4ceea..bed26421f9 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/ParquetMetadataConverter.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/ParquetMetadataConverter.java
@@ -534,8 +534,9 @@ private void addRowGroup(
     int columnOrdinal = -1;
     ByteArrayOutputStream tempOutStream = null;
     for (ColumnChunkMetaData columnMetaData : columns) {
-      ColumnChunk columnChunk =
-          new ColumnChunk(columnMetaData.getFirstDataPageOffset()); // verify this is the right offset
+      // There is no ColumnMetaData written after the chunk data, so set the ColumnChunk
+      // file_offset to 0
+      ColumnChunk columnChunk = new ColumnChunk(0);
       columnChunk.file_path = block.getPath(); // they are in the same file for now
       InternalColumnEncryptionSetup columnSetup = null;
       boolean writeCryptoMetadata = false;