diff --git a/src/array_decoder/mod.rs b/src/array_decoder/mod.rs
index ced3971..8d1bb71 100644
--- a/src/array_decoder/mod.rs
+++ b/src/array_decoder/mod.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use arrow::array::{ArrayRef, BooleanArray, PrimitiveArray};
-use arrow::buffer::NullBuffer;
 use arrow::datatypes::ArrowNativeTypeOp;
 use arrow::datatypes::{ArrowPrimitiveType, Decimal128Type};
 use arrow::datatypes::{DataType as ArrowDataType, Field};
@@ -221,15 +220,6 @@ fn derive_present_vec(
     }
 }
 
-fn create_null_buffer(present: Option<Vec<bool>>) -> Option<NullBuffer> {
-    match present {
-        // Edge case where keys of map cannot have a null buffer
-        Some(present) if present.iter().all(|&p| p) => None,
-        Some(present) => Some(NullBuffer::from(present)),
-        None => None,
-    }
-}
-
 pub struct NaiveStripeDecoder {
     stripe: Stripe,
     schema_ref: SchemaRef,
diff --git a/src/array_decoder/string.rs b/src/array_decoder/string.rs
index a227c45..a25f15e 100644
--- a/src/array_decoder/string.rs
+++ b/src/array_decoder/string.rs
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use arrow::array::{ArrayRef, DictionaryArray, GenericByteArray, StringArray};
-use arrow::buffer::{Buffer, OffsetBuffer};
+use arrow::buffer::{Buffer, NullBuffer, OffsetBuffer};
 use arrow::compute::kernels::cast;
 use arrow::datatypes::{ByteArrayType, DataType, GenericBinaryType, GenericStringType};
 use snafu::ResultExt;
 
-use crate::array_decoder::{create_null_buffer, derive_present_vec};
+use crate::array_decoder::derive_present_vec;
 use crate::column::{get_present_vec, Column};
 use crate::compression::Decompressor;
 use crate::encoding::{get_unsigned_rle_reader, PrimitiveValueDecoder};
@@ -117,11 +117,18 @@ impl<T: ByteArrayType> GenericByteArrayDecoder<T> {
         let present = derive_present_vec(&mut self.present, parent_present, batch_size);
 
         let mut lengths = vec![0; batch_size];
-        if let Some(present) = &present {
+        let null_buffer = if let Some(present) = &present {
             self.lengths.decode_spaced(&mut lengths, present)?;
+            if present.iter().all(|&p| p) {
+                // Edge case where keys of map cannot have a null buffer
+                None
+            } else {
+                Some(NullBuffer::from(present.as_slice()))
+            }
         } else {
             self.lengths.decode(&mut lengths)?;
-        }
+            None
+        };
         let total_length: i64 = lengths.iter().sum();
         // Fetch all data bytes at once
         let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(total_length as usize);
@@ -133,7 +140,6 @@ impl<T: ByteArrayType> GenericByteArrayDecoder<T> {
         let bytes = Buffer::from(bytes);
         let offsets =
             OffsetBuffer::<T::Offset>::from_lengths(lengths.into_iter().map(|l| l as usize));
-        let null_buffer = create_null_buffer(present);
 
         let array =
             GenericByteArray::<T>::try_new(offsets, bytes, null_buffer).context(ArrowSnafu)?;