diff --git a/vortex-array/src/array/chunked/compute/compare.rs b/vortex-array/src/array/chunked/compute/compare.rs
index 5aeaba6fd5..d6418b2093 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/array/chunked/compute/compare.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/array/chunked/compute/compare.rs
@@ -37,19 +37,17 @@ impl CompareFn<ChunkedArray> for ChunkedEncoding {
 mod tests {
 
     use super::*;
-    use crate::array::StructArray;
-    use crate::validity::Validity;
+    use crate::array::PrimitiveArray;
 
     #[test]
     fn empty_compare() {
-        let base = StructArray::try_new([].into(), [].into(), 0, Validity::NonNullable)
-            .unwrap()
-            .into_array();
+        let base = PrimitiveArray::from_iter(Vec::<u32>::new()).into_array();
         let chunked =
             ChunkedArray::try_new(vec![base.clone(), base.clone()], base.dtype().clone()).unwrap();
         let chunked_empty = ChunkedArray::try_new(vec![], base.dtype().clone()).unwrap();
 
         let r = compare(&chunked, &chunked_empty, Operator::Eq).unwrap();
+
         assert!(r.is_empty());
     }
 }
diff --git a/vortex-array/src/compute/compare.rs b/vortex-array/src/compute/compare.rs
index 7a0aede5f8..aca89d40dc 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/compute/compare.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/compute/compare.rs
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ pub fn compare(
         vortex_bail!("Compare operations only support arrays of the same type");
     }
 
+    if left.dtype().is_struct() {
+        vortex_bail!(
+            "Compare does not support arrays with Strcut DType, got: {} and {}",
+            left.dtype(),
+            right.dtype()
+        )
+    }
+
     let result_dtype =
         DType::Bool((left.dtype().is_nullable() || right.dtype().is_nullable()).into());