diff --git a/crates/core/src/kernel/arrow/json.rs b/crates/core/src/kernel/arrow/json.rs
index dcb56d308a..ed31a7b64e 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/kernel/arrow/json.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/kernel/arrow/json.rs
@@ -62,9 +62,10 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_json(
     for it in 0..json_strings.len() {
         if json_strings.is_null(it) {
             if value_count > 0 {
-                let slice = json_strings.slice(value_start, value_count);
-                let batch = decode_reader(&mut decoder, get_reader(slice.value_data()))
-                    .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
+                let slice_data = get_nonnull_slice_data(json_strings, value_start, value_count);
+                let batch =
+                    decode_reader(&mut decoder, get_reader(&slice_data))
+                        .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
                 batches.extend(batch);
                 value_count = 0;
             }
@@ -86,15 +87,28 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_json(
     }
 
     if value_count > 0 {
-        let slice = json_strings.slice(value_start, value_count);
-        let batch = decode_reader(&mut decoder, get_reader(slice.value_data()))
-            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
+        let slice_data = get_nonnull_slice_data(json_strings, value_start, value_count);
+        let batch =
+            decode_reader(&mut decoder, get_reader(&slice_data)).collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
         batches.extend(batch);
     }
 
     Ok(concat_batches(&output_schema, &batches)?)
 }
 
+/// Get the data of a slice of non-null JSON strings.
+fn get_nonnull_slice_data(
+    json_strings: &StringArray,
+    value_start: usize,
+    value_count: usize,
+) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let slice = json_strings.slice(value_start, value_count);
+    slice.iter().fold(Vec::new(), |mut acc, s| {
+        acc.extend_from_slice(s.unwrap().as_bytes());
+        acc
+    })
+}
+
 /// Decode a stream of bytes into a stream of record batches.
 pub(crate) fn decode_stream<S: Stream<Item = ObjectStoreResult<Bytes>> + Unpin>(
     mut decoder: Decoder,
@@ -148,3 +162,42 @@ pub(crate) fn decode_reader<'a, R: BufRead + 'a>(
     };
     std::iter::from_fn(move || next().map_err(DeltaTableError::from).transpose())
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::kernel::arrow::json::parse_json;
+    use crate::DeltaTableConfig;
+    use arrow_array::{Int32Array, RecordBatch, StringArray};
+    use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field, Schema};
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn json_to_struct() {
+        let json_strings = StringArray::from(vec![
+            Some(r#"{"a": 1, "b": "foo"}"#),
+            Some(r#"{"a": 2, "b": "bar"}"#),
+            None,
+            Some(r#"{"a": 3, "b": "baz"}"#),
+        ]);
+        let struct_schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![
+            Field::new("a", DataType::Int32, true),
+            Field::new("b", DataType::Utf8, true),
+        ]));
+        let config = DeltaTableConfig::default();
+        let result = parse_json(&json_strings, struct_schema.clone(), &config).unwrap();
+        let expected = RecordBatch::try_new(
+            struct_schema,
+            vec![
+                Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![Some(1), Some(2), None, Some(3)])),
+                Arc::new(StringArray::from(vec![
+                    Some("foo"),
+                    Some("bar"),
+                    None,
+                    Some("baz"),
+                ])),
+            ],
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(result, expected);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/core/src/kernel/snapshot/replay.rs b/crates/core/src/kernel/snapshot/replay.rs
index 71408b27d5..61cdab4c09 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/kernel/snapshot/replay.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/kernel/snapshot/replay.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ fn map_batch(
     config: &DeltaTableConfig,
 ) -> DeltaResult<RecordBatch> {
     let stats_col = ex::extract_and_cast_opt::<StringArray>(&batch, "add.stats");
-    let stats_parsed_col = ex::extract_and_cast_opt::<StringArray>(&batch, "add.stats_parsed");
+    let stats_parsed_col = ex::extract_and_cast_opt::<StructArray>(&batch, "add.stats_parsed");
     if stats_parsed_col.is_some() {
         return Ok(batch);
     }