diff --git a/rust/lance-index/src/scalar/inverted/wand.rs b/rust/lance-index/src/scalar/inverted/wand.rs
index b9bbfad62bd..0d3e57fb743 100644
--- a/rust/lance-index/src/scalar/inverted/wand.rs
+++ b/rust/lance-index/src/scalar/inverted/wand.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use super::{
     encoding::{decompress_positions, decompress_posting_block, decompress_posting_remainder},
     query::FtsSearchParams,
     scorer::Scorer,
-    DocSet, PostingList, RawDocInfo,
+    CompressedPostingList, DocSet, PostingList, RawDocInfo,
 };
 use super::{builder::BLOCK_SIZE, DocInfo};
 use super::{
@@ -140,6 +140,28 @@ impl Ord for PostingIterator {
 }
 
 impl PostingIterator {
+    #[inline]
+    fn compressed_state_ptr(&self) -> *mut CompressedState {
+        debug_assert!(self.compressed.is_some());
+        // this method is called very frequently, so we prefer to use `UnsafeCell` instead of
+        // `RefCell` to avoid the overhead of runtime borrow checking
+        self.compressed.as_ref().unwrap().get()
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn ensure_compressed_block_ptr(
+        &self,
+        list: &CompressedPostingList,
+        block_idx: usize,
+    ) -> *mut CompressedState {
+        let compressed = unsafe { &mut *self.compressed_state_ptr() };
+        if compressed.block_idx != block_idx || compressed.doc_ids.is_empty() {
+            let block = list.blocks.value(block_idx);
+            compressed.decompress(block, block_idx, list.blocks.len(), list.length);
+        }
+        compressed as *mut CompressedState
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn new(
         token: String,
         token_id: u32,
@@ -194,19 +216,9 @@ impl PostingIterator {
 
         match self.list {
             PostingList::Compressed(ref list) => {
-                debug_assert!(self.compressed.is_some());
-                // this method is called very frequently, so we prefer to use `UnsafeCell` instead of `RefCell`
-                // to avoid the overhead of runtime borrow checking
-                let compressed = unsafe {
-                    let compressed = self.compressed.as_ref().unwrap();
-                    &mut *compressed.get()
-                };
                 let block_idx = self.index / BLOCK_SIZE;
                 let block_offset = self.index % BLOCK_SIZE;
-                if compressed.block_idx != block_idx || compressed.doc_ids.is_empty() {
-                    let block = list.blocks.value(block_idx);
-                    compressed.decompress(block, block_idx, list.blocks.len(), list.length);
-                }
+                let compressed = unsafe { &mut *self.ensure_compressed_block_ptr(list, block_idx) };
 
                 // Read from the decompressed block
                 let doc_id = compressed.doc_ids[block_offset];
@@ -232,7 +244,7 @@ impl PostingIterator {
     // move to the next doc id that is greater than or equal to least_id
     fn next(&mut self, least_id: u64) {
         match self.list {
-            PostingList::Compressed(ref mut list) => {
+            PostingList::Compressed(ref list) => {
                 debug_assert!(least_id <= u32::MAX as u64);
                 let least_id = least_id as u32;
                 let mut block_idx = self.index / BLOCK_SIZE;
@@ -242,9 +254,24 @@ impl PostingIterator {
                     block_idx += 1;
                 }
                 self.index = self.index.max(block_idx * BLOCK_SIZE);
-                let length = self.list.len();
-                while self.index < length && (self.doc().unwrap().doc_id() as u32) < least_id {
-                    self.index += 1;
+                let length = list.length as usize;
+                while self.index < length {
+                    let block_idx = self.index / BLOCK_SIZE;
+                    let block_offset = self.index % BLOCK_SIZE;
+                    let compressed =
+                        unsafe { &mut *self.ensure_compressed_block_ptr(list, block_idx) };
+                    let in_block = &compressed.doc_ids[block_offset..];
+                    let offset_in_block = in_block.partition_point(|&doc_id| doc_id < least_id);
+                    let new_offset = block_offset + offset_in_block;
+                    if new_offset < compressed.doc_ids.len() {
+                        self.index = block_idx * BLOCK_SIZE + new_offset;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    if block_idx + 1 >= list.blocks.len() {
+                        self.index = length;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    self.index = (block_idx + 1) * BLOCK_SIZE;
                 }
                 self.block_idx = self.index / BLOCK_SIZE;
             }
@@ -256,7 +283,7 @@ impl PostingIterator {
 
     fn shallow_next(&mut self, least_id: u64) {
         match self.list {
-            PostingList::Compressed(ref mut list) => {
+            PostingList::Compressed(ref list) => {
                 debug_assert!(least_id <= u32::MAX as u64);
                 let least_id = least_id as u32;
                 while self.block_idx + 1 < list.blocks.len()
@@ -952,6 +979,29 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(result.len(), 0); // Should not panic
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_posting_iterator_next_compressed_partition_point() {
+        let mut docs = DocSet::default();
+        let num_docs = (BLOCK_SIZE * 2 + 5) as u32;
+        for i in 0..num_docs {
+            docs.append(i as u64, 1);
+        }
+
+        let doc_ids = (0..num_docs).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let posting = generate_posting_list(doc_ids, 1.0, None, true);
+        let mut iter = PostingIterator::new(String::from("term"), 0, 0, posting, docs.len());
+
+        iter.next(10);
+        assert_eq!(iter.doc().unwrap().doc_id(), 10);
+
+        let target = BLOCK_SIZE as u64 + 3;
+        iter.next(target);
+        assert_eq!(iter.doc().unwrap().doc_id(), target);
+
+        iter.next(num_docs as u64 + 10);
+        assert!(iter.doc().is_none());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_wand_skip_to_next_block() {
         let mut docs = DocSet::default();