diff --git a/crates/polars-stream/src/nodes/joins/equi_join.rs b/crates/polars-stream/src/nodes/joins/equi_join.rs
index 8afc7c88b167..c0c072d51d8b 100644
--- a/crates/polars-stream/src/nodes/joins/equi_join.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-stream/src/nodes/joins/equi_join.rs
@@ -202,18 +202,29 @@ impl BuildState {
     }
 
     fn finalize(&mut self, params: &EquiJoinParams, table: &dyn ChunkedIdxTable) -> ProbeState {
-        let num_partitions = self.partitions_per_worker.len();
+        // Transpose.
+        let num_workers = self.partitions_per_worker.len();
+        let num_partitions = self.partitions_per_worker[0].len();
+        let mut results_per_partition = (0..num_partitions)
+            .map(|_| Vec::with_capacity(num_workers))
+            .collect_vec();
+        for worker in self.partitions_per_worker.drain(..) {
+            for (p, result) in worker.into_iter().enumerate() {
+                results_per_partition[p].push(result);
+            }
+        }
+
         let track_unmatchable = params.emit_unmatched_build();
-        let table_per_partition: Vec<_> = (0..num_partitions)
+        let table_per_partition: Vec<_> = results_per_partition
             .into_par_iter()
             .with_max_len(1)
-            .map(|p| {
+            .map(|results| {
                 // Estimate sizes and cardinality.
                 let mut sketch = CardinalitySketch::new();
                 let mut num_frames = 0;
-                for worker in &self.partitions_per_worker {
-                    sketch.combine(worker[p].sketch.as_ref().unwrap());
-                    num_frames += worker[p].frames.len();
+                for result in &results {
+                    sketch.combine(result.sketch.as_ref().unwrap());
+                    num_frames += result.frames.len();
                 }
 
                 // Build table for this partition.
@@ -223,9 +234,9 @@ impl BuildState {
                 table.reserve(sketch.estimate() * 5 / 4);
                 if params.preserve_order_build {
                     let mut combined = Vec::with_capacity(num_frames);
-                    for worker in &self.partitions_per_worker {
+                    for result in results {
                         for (hash_keys, (seq, frame)) in
-                            worker[p].hash_keys.iter().zip(&worker[p].frames)
+                            result.hash_keys.into_iter().zip(result.frames)
                         {
                             combined.push((seq, hash_keys, frame));
                         }
@@ -239,14 +250,14 @@ impl BuildState {
                             continue;
                         }
 
-                        table.insert_key_chunk(hash_keys.clone(), track_unmatchable);
-                        combined_frames.push(frame.clone());
-                        chunk_seq_ids.push(*seq);
+                        table.insert_key_chunk(hash_keys, track_unmatchable);
+                        combined_frames.push(frame);
+                        chunk_seq_ids.push(seq);
                     }
                 } else {
-                    for worker in &self.partitions_per_worker {
+                    for result in results {
                         for (hash_keys, (_, frame)) in
-                            worker[p].hash_keys.iter().zip(&worker[p].frames)
+                            result.hash_keys.into_iter().zip(result.frames)
                         {
                             // Zero-sized chunks can get deleted, so skip entirely to avoid messing
                             // up the chunk counter.
@@ -254,8 +265,8 @@ impl BuildState {
                                 continue;
                             }
 
-                            table.insert_key_chunk(hash_keys.clone(), track_unmatchable);
-                            combined_frames.push(frame.clone());
+                            table.insert_key_chunk(hash_keys, track_unmatchable);
+                            combined_frames.push(frame);
                         }
                     }
                 }