diff --git a/java/c/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/c/ArrayImporter.java b/java/c/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/c/ArrayImporter.java
index e82cef6a8a6..48891616eac 100644
--- a/java/c/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/c/ArrayImporter.java
+++ b/java/c/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/c/ArrayImporter.java
@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ private List<ArrowBuf> importBuffers(ArrowArray.Snapshot snapshot) {
       if (bufferPtr != NULL) {
         // TODO(roee88): an API for getting the size for each buffer is not yet
         // available
-        buffer = new ArrowBuf(referenceManager, null, Integer.MAX_VALUE, bufferPtr);
+        // When the buffer is StructVector#validityBuffer, the length need
+        // to set Integer.MAX_VALUE / 8. Otherwise it will throw int overflow
+        // exception when calling StructVector#getValidityBufferValueCapacity().
+        buffer = new ArrowBuf(referenceManager, null, Integer.MAX_VALUE / 8, bufferPtr);
       }
       result.add(buffer);
     }