diff --git a/datafusion/physical-plan/src/limit.rs b/datafusion/physical-plan/src/limit.rs
index c31d5f62c726..417bc4cf977b 100644
--- a/datafusion/physical-plan/src/limit.rs
+++ b/datafusion/physical-plan/src/limit.rs
@@ -29,9 +29,8 @@ use crate::{
     DisplayFormatType, Distribution, EquivalenceProperties, ExecutionPlan, Partitioning,
 };
 
-use arrow::array::ArrayRef;
 use arrow::datatypes::SchemaRef;
-use arrow::record_batch::{RecordBatch, RecordBatchOptions};
+use arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch;
 use datafusion_common::stats::Precision;
 use datafusion_common::{internal_err, DataFusionError, Result};
 use datafusion_execution::TaskContext;
@@ -507,26 +506,15 @@ impl LimitStream {
             //
             self.fetch -= batch.num_rows();
             Some(batch)
-        } else {
+        } else if batch.num_rows() >= self.fetch {
             let batch_rows = self.fetch;
             self.fetch = 0;
             self.input = None; // clear input so it can be dropped early
 
-            let limited_columns: Vec<ArrayRef> = batch
-                .columns()
-                .iter()
-                .map(|col| col.slice(0, col.len().min(batch_rows)))
-                .collect();
-            let options =
-                RecordBatchOptions::new().with_row_count(Option::from(batch_rows));
-            Some(
-                RecordBatch::try_new_with_options(
-                    batch.schema(),
-                    limited_columns,
-                    &options,
-                )
-                .unwrap(),
-            )
+            // It is guaranteed that batch_rows is <= batch.num_rows
+            Some(batch.slice(0, batch_rows))
+        } else {
+            unreachable!()
         }
     }
 }
@@ -575,6 +563,7 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::{common, test};
 
     use crate::aggregates::{AggregateExec, AggregateMode, PhysicalGroupBy};
+    use arrow_array::RecordBatchOptions;
     use arrow_schema::Schema;
     use datafusion_physical_expr::expressions::col;
     use datafusion_physical_expr::PhysicalExpr;