diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/datasource/physical_plan/parquet/page_filter.rs b/datafusion/core/src/datasource/physical_plan/parquet/page_filter.rs
index 1370ac064747..47c7db9dba24 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/datasource/physical_plan/parquet/page_filter.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/datasource/physical_plan/parquet/page_filter.rs
@@ -144,8 +144,9 @@ impl PagePruningAccessPlanFilter {
                     return None;
                 }
 
-                if pp.required_columns().n_columns() > 1 {
+                if pp.required_columns().single_column().is_none() {
                     debug!("Ignoring multi-column page pruning predicate: {predicate}");
+                    return None;
                 }
 
                 Some(pp)
@@ -196,7 +197,6 @@ impl PagePruningAccessPlanFilter {
             // The selection for this particular row group
             let mut overall_selection = None;
             for predicate in page_index_predicates {
-
                 // find column index in the parquet schema
                 let col_idx = find_column_index(predicate, arrow_schema, parquet_schema);
                 let row_group_metadata = &groups[r];
diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/physical_optimizer/pruning.rs b/datafusion/core/src/physical_optimizer/pruning.rs
index 0f3a8f3f0f37..18d42a7d2c44 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/physical_optimizer/pruning.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/physical_optimizer/pruning.rs
@@ -738,16 +738,22 @@ impl RequiredColumns {
         Self::default()
     }
 
-    /// Returns number of unique columns
+    /// Returns Some(column) if this is a single column predicate.
+    ///
+    /// Returns None if this is a multi-column predicate.
     ///
     /// Examples:
-    /// *  `a > 5 OR a < 10` returns `1`
-    /// *  `a > 5 OR b < 10` returns `2`
-    pub(crate) fn n_columns(&self) -> usize {
-        self.iter()
-            .map(|(c, _s, _f)| c)
-            .collect::<HashSet<_>>()
-            .len()
+    /// * `a > 5 OR a < 10` returns `Some(a)`
+    /// * `a > 5 OR b < 10` returns `None`
+    /// * `true` returns None
+    pub(crate) fn single_column(&self) -> Option<&phys_expr::Column> {
+        let cols = self.iter().map(|(c, _s, _f)| c).collect::<HashSet<_>>();
+
+        if cols.len() == 1 {
+            cols.iter().next().copied()
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
     }
 
     /// Returns an iterator over items in columns (see doc on