diff --git a/rust/src/encodings/binary.rs b/rust/src/encodings/binary.rs
index fe831e37cd..caf49891f4 100644
--- a/rust/src/encodings/binary.rs
+++ b/rust/src/encodings/binary.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ impl<'a> BinaryEncoder<'a> {
             let end = offsets[offsets.len() - 1].as_usize();
             let b = unsafe {
                 std::slice::from_raw_parts(
-                    arr.to_data().buffers()[1].as_ptr().offset(start as isize),
+                    arr.to_data().buffers()[1].as_ptr().add(start),
                     end - start,
                 )
             };
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ impl<'a> BinaryEncoder<'a> {
                 .skip(1)
                 .map(|b| b.as_usize() - start_offset + last_offset)
                 .for_each(|o| pos_builder.append_value(o as i64));
-            last_offset = pos_builder.values_slice()[pos_builder.len() - 1 as usize] as usize;
+            last_offset = pos_builder.values_slice()[pos_builder.len() - 1] as usize;
         }
 
         let positions_offset = self.writer.tell();
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ impl<'a, T: ByteArrayType> BinaryDecoder<'a, T> {
         if self.nullable {
             let mut null_count = 0;
             let mut null_buf = MutableBuffer::new_null(self.length);
-            positions
+            position_slice
                 .values()
                 .windows(2)
                 .enumerate()
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ impl<'a, T: ByteArrayType> Decoder for BinaryDecoder<'a, T> {
         let end = indices.value(indices.len() - 1);
 
         // TODO: make min batch size configurable.
+        // TODO: make reading positions in chunks too.
         const MIN_IO_SIZE: i64 = 64 * 1024; // 64KB
         let positions = self
             .get_positions(start as usize..(end + 1) as usize)
@@ -393,8 +394,8 @@ mod tests {
     use arrow_select::concat::concat;
 
     use arrow_array::{
-        new_empty_array, types::GenericStringType, GenericStringArray, LargeStringArray,
-        OffsetSizeTrait, StringArray,
+        cast::AsArray, new_empty_array, types::GenericStringType, BinaryArray, GenericStringArray,
+        LargeStringArray, OffsetSizeTrait, StringArray,
     };
     use object_store::path::Path;
 
@@ -585,4 +586,33 @@ mod tests {
             assert_eq!(pos, (i * (8 * 11) /* offset array */ + (i + 1) * (10 * 10)));
         }
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_write_binary_with_nulls() {
+        let data = BinaryArray::from_iter((0..60000).map(|v| {
+            if v % 4 != 0 {
+                Some::<&[u8]>(b"abcdefgh")
+            } else {
+                None
+            }
+        }));
+        let store = ObjectStore::memory();
+        let path = Path::from("/slices");
+
+        let mut object_writer = ObjectWriter::new(&store, &path).await.unwrap();
+        // Write some garbage to reset "tell()".
+        object_writer.write_all(b"1234").await.unwrap();
+        let mut encoder = BinaryEncoder::new(&mut object_writer);
+
+        // let arrs = arr.iter().map(|a| a as &dyn Array).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let pos = encoder.encode(&[&data]).await.unwrap();
+        object_writer.shutdown().await.unwrap();
+
+        let reader = store.open(&path).await.unwrap();
+        let decoder = BinaryDecoder::<BinaryType>::new(reader.as_ref(), pos, data.len(), true);
+        let idx = UInt32Array::from(vec![0_u32, 5_u32, 59996_u32]);
+        let actual = decoder.take(&idx).await.unwrap();
+        let values: Vec<Option<&[u8]>> = vec![None, Some(b"abcdefgh"), None];
+        assert_eq!(actual.as_binary::<i32>(), &BinaryArray::from(values));
+    }
 }