diff --git a/crates/polars-core/src/frame/chunks.rs b/crates/polars-core/src/frame/chunks.rs
index 8ecefbef0d5b..2a371e85ab31 100644
--- a/crates/polars-core/src/frame/chunks.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-core/src/frame/chunks.rs
@@ -29,18 +29,7 @@ impl DataFrame {
             let columns = self
                 .get_columns()
                 .iter()
-                .map(|s| match s.dtype() {
-                    #[cfg(feature = "dtype-struct")]
-                    DataType::Struct(_) => {
-                        let mut ca = s.struct_().unwrap().clone();
-                        for field in ca.fields_mut().iter_mut() {
-                            *field = field.replace_with_chunk(field.chunks()[i].clone())
-                        }
-                        ca.update_chunks(0);
-                        ca.into_series()
-                    },
-                    _ => s.replace_with_chunk(s.chunks()[i].clone()),
-                })
+                .map(|s| s.select_chunk(i))
                 .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
             DataFrame::new_no_checks(columns)
diff --git a/crates/polars-core/src/frame/mod.rs b/crates/polars-core/src/frame/mod.rs
index 2653eec0939e..a17f6f1ebde9 100644
--- a/crates/polars-core/src/frame/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-core/src/frame/mod.rs
@@ -452,9 +452,10 @@ impl DataFrame {
     /// Aggregate all the chunks in the DataFrame to a single chunk in parallel.
     /// This may lead to more peak memory consumption.
     pub fn as_single_chunk_par(&mut self) -> &mut Self {
-        if self.columns.iter().any(|s| s.n_chunks() > 1) {
-            self.columns = self._apply_columns_par(&|s| s.rechunk());
-        }
+        self.as_single_chunk();
+        // if self.columns.iter().any(|s| s.n_chunks() > 1) {
+        //     self.columns = self._apply_columns_par(&|s| s.rechunk());
+        // }
         self
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/polars-core/src/series/mod.rs b/crates/polars-core/src/series/mod.rs
index 687f4544b4d4..86791a8a06b9 100644
--- a/crates/polars-core/src/series/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-core/src/series/mod.rs
@@ -194,30 +194,29 @@ impl Series {
         ca.chunks_mut()
     }
 
-    /// Create a `Series` of the same data type with all chunks replaced.
-    /// # Safety
-    /// These chunks should align with the data-type
-    pub unsafe fn replace_chunks(&self, chunks: Vec<ArrayRef>) -> Self {
-        let mut new = self.clear();
-        // Assign mut so we go through arc only once.
-        let mut_new = new._get_inner_mut();
-        *mut_new.chunks_mut() = chunks;
-        mut_new.compute_len();
-        new
-    }
-
-    /// Create a `Series` of the same data type with all chunks replaced.
-    /// # Safety
-    /// This chunk should align with the data-type
-    pub unsafe fn replace_with_chunk(&self, chunk: ArrayRef) -> Self {
-        let mut new = self.clear();
-        // Assign mut so we go through arc only once.
-        let mut_new = new._get_inner_mut();
-        let chunks = mut_new.chunks_mut();
-        chunks.clear();
-        chunks.push(chunk);
-        mut_new.compute_len();
-        new
+    pub fn select_chunk(&self, i: usize) -> Self {
+        match self.dtype() {
+            #[cfg(feature = "dtype-struct")]
+            DataType::Struct(_) => {
+                let mut ca = self.struct_().unwrap().clone();
+                for field in ca.fields_mut().iter_mut() {
+                    *field = field.select_chunk(i)
+                }
+                ca.update_chunks(0);
+                ca.into_series()
+            },
+            _ => {
+                let mut new = self.clear();
+                // Assign mut so we go through arc only once.
+                let mut_new = new._get_inner_mut();
+                let chunks = unsafe { mut_new.chunks_mut() };
+                let chunk = self.chunks()[i].clone();
+                chunks.clear();
+                chunks.push(chunk);
+                mut_new.compute_len();
+                new
+            },
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn is_sorted_flag(&self) -> IsSorted {
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/datatypes/test_struct.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/datatypes/test_struct.py
index d399ba52c5ba..d53b22dd7c7e 100644
--- a/py-polars/tests/unit/datatypes/test_struct.py
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/datatypes/test_struct.py
@@ -927,3 +927,10 @@ def test_struct_filter_chunked_16498() -> None:
 
 def test_struct_field_dynint_nullable_16243() -> None:
     pl.select(pl.lit(None).fill_null(pl.struct(42)))
+
+
+def test_struct_split_16536() -> None:
+    df = pl.DataFrame({"struct": [{"a": {"a": {"a": 1}}}], "list": [[1]], "int": [1]})
+
+    df = pl.concat([df, df, df, df], rechunk=False)
+    assert df.filter(pl.col("int") == 1).shape == (4, 3)