diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/array/array_list_test.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/array/array_list_test.cc
index 4901a1e6fa6a..5ce084d756d8 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/array/array_list_test.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/array/array_list_test.cc
@@ -1794,6 +1794,17 @@ TEST_F(TestFixedSizeListArray, NotEnoughValues) {
   values = ArrayFromJSON(value_type_, "[1, 2, 3, 4]");
   result_ = std::make_shared<FixedSizeListArray>(type_, 1, values);
   ASSERT_OK(result_->ValidateFull());
+
+  // The array offset must be taken into account
+  result_ =
+      std::make_shared<FixedSizeListArray>(type_, 1, values, /*null_bitmap=*/nullptr,
+                                           /*null_count=*/0, /*offset=*/1);
+  ASSERT_OK(result_->ValidateFull());
+  result_ =
+      std::make_shared<FixedSizeListArray>(type_, 1, values, /*null_bitmap=*/nullptr,
+                                           /*null_count=*/0, /*offset=*/2);
+  ASSERT_RAISES(Invalid, result_->Validate());
+  ASSERT_RAISES(Invalid, result_->ValidateFull());
 }
 
 TEST_F(TestFixedSizeListArray, FlattenZeroLength) {
diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/array/validate.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/array/validate.cc
index 16bc9187af46..cdf20d934135 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/array/validate.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/array/validate.cc
@@ -290,11 +290,12 @@ struct ValidateArrayImpl {
     }
 
     int64_t expected_values_length = -1;
-    if (MultiplyWithOverflow(data.length, list_size, &expected_values_length) ||
+    if (MultiplyWithOverflow(data.length + data.offset, list_size,
+                             &expected_values_length) ||
         values.length < expected_values_length) {
-      return Status::Invalid("Values length (", values.length,
-                             ") is less than the length (", data.length,
-                             ") multiplied by the value size (", list_size, ")");
+      return Status::Invalid(
+          "Values length (", values.length, ") is less than the length plus offset (",
+          data.length + data.offset, ") multiplied by the value size (", list_size, ")");
     }
 
     const Status child_valid = RecurseInto(values);
diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/c/bridge_test.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/c/bridge_test.cc
index 9a4d104d0004..7e69f1f2e1ef 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/c/bridge_test.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/c/bridge_test.cc
@@ -3156,7 +3156,7 @@ TEST_F(TestArrayImport, ListWithOffset) {
   FillListLike(4, 0, 1, list_buffers_no_nulls1);
   CheckImport(ArrayFromJSON(list(int8()), "[[], [3, 4, 5], [6], [7, 8]]"));
 
-  FillPrimitive(AddChild(), 9, 0, 0, primitive_buffers_no_nulls1_8);
+  FillPrimitive(AddChild(), 12, 0, 0, primitive_buffers_no_nulls1_8);
   FillFixedSizeListLike(3, 0, 1, buffers_no_nulls_no_data);
   CheckImport(
       ArrayFromJSON(fixed_size_list(int8(), 3), "[[4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9], [10, 11, 12]]"));
@@ -3166,7 +3166,7 @@ TEST_F(TestArrayImport, ListWithOffset) {
   FillListLike(4, 0, 1, list_buffers_no_nulls1);
   CheckImport(ArrayFromJSON(list(int8()), "[[], [5, 6, 7], [8], [9, 10]]"));
 
-  FillPrimitive(AddChild(), 9, 0, 2, primitive_buffers_no_nulls1_8);
+  FillPrimitive(AddChild(), 12, 0, 2, primitive_buffers_no_nulls1_8);
   FillFixedSizeListLike(3, 0, 1, buffers_no_nulls_no_data);
   CheckImport(ArrayFromJSON(fixed_size_list(int8(), 3),
                             "[[6, 7, 8], [9, 10, 11], [12, 13, 14]]"));