diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/SpecificParquetRecordReaderBase.java b/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/SpecificParquetRecordReaderBase.java
index 10d6ed85a408..d6f3b18cf5b3 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/SpecificParquetRecordReaderBase.java
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/SpecificParquetRecordReaderBase.java
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ public void initialize(InputSplit inputSplit, TaskAttemptContext taskAttemptCont
     this.sparkSchema = StructType$.MODULE$.fromString(sparkRequestedSchemaString);
     this.reader = new ParquetFileReader(
         configuration, footer.getFileMetaData(), file, blocks, requestedSchema.getColumns());
-    for (BlockMetaData block : blocks) {
+    // use the blocks from the reader in case some do not match filters and will not be read
+    for (BlockMetaData block : reader.getRowGroups()) {
       this.totalRowCount += block.getRowCount();
     }
 
@@ -225,7 +226,8 @@ protected void initialize(String path, List<String> columns) throws IOException
     this.sparkSchema = new ParquetToSparkSchemaConverter(config).convert(requestedSchema);
     this.reader = new ParquetFileReader(
         config, footer.getFileMetaData(), file, blocks, requestedSchema.getColumns());
-    for (BlockMetaData block : blocks) {
+    // use the blocks from the reader in case some do not match filters and will not be read
+    for (BlockMetaData block : reader.getRowGroups()) {
       this.totalRowCount += block.getRowCount();
     }
   }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/ParquetQuerySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/ParquetQuerySuite.scala
index e1f094d0a7af..2b1227faf48a 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/ParquetQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/ParquetQuerySuite.scala
@@ -879,6 +879,18 @@ class ParquetQuerySuite extends QueryTest with ParquetTest with SharedSQLContext
       }
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-24230: filter row group using dictionary") {
+    withSQLConf(("parquet.filter.dictionary.enabled", "true")) {
+      // create a table with values from 0, 2, ..., 18 that will be dictionary-encoded
+      withParquetTable((0 until 100).map(i => ((i * 2) % 20, s"data-$i")), "t") {
+        // search for a key that is not present so the dictionary filter eliminates all row groups
+        // Fails without SPARK-24230:
+        //   java.io.IOException: expecting more rows but reached last block. Read 0 out of 50
+        checkAnswer(sql("SELECT _2 FROM t WHERE t._1 = 5"), Seq.empty)
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 object TestingUDT {