diff --git a/internal/storagev2/packed/packed_writer.go b/internal/storagev2/packed/packed_writer.go
index 5e1c8b765e..8b6fe8cb25 100644
--- a/internal/storagev2/packed/packed_writer.go
+++ b/internal/storagev2/packed/packed_writer.go
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ func NewPackedWriter(filePaths []string, schema *arrow.Schema, bufferSize int64,
 }
 
 func (pw *PackedWriter) WriteRecordBatch(recordBatch arrow.Record) error {
+	if recordBatch == nil || recordBatch.NumCols() == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	cArrays := make([]CArrowArray, recordBatch.NumCols())
 	cSchemas := make([]CArrowSchema, recordBatch.NumCols())