diff --git a/fe/be-java-extensions/paimon-scanner/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/paimon/PaimonColumnValue.java b/fe/be-java-extensions/paimon-scanner/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/paimon/PaimonColumnValue.java
index d6db3d4d954f6e..f60bb996703ec8 100644
--- a/fe/be-java-extensions/paimon-scanner/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/paimon/PaimonColumnValue.java
+++ b/fe/be-java-extensions/paimon-scanner/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/paimon/PaimonColumnValue.java
@@ -197,11 +197,12 @@ public void unpackMap(List<ColumnValue> keys, List<ColumnValue> values) {
 
     @Override
     public void unpackStruct(List<Integer> structFieldIndex, List<ColumnValue> values) {
-        // todo: support pruned struct fields
-        InternalRow row = record.getRow(idx, structFieldIndex.size());
+        RowType rowType = (RowType) dataType;
+        // Projection entries are original child indexes, so the binary row must keep the full RowType arity.
+        InternalRow row = record.getRow(idx, rowType.getFieldCount());
         for (int i : structFieldIndex) {
             values.add(new PaimonColumnValue(row, i, dorisType.getChildTypes().get(i),
-                    ((RowType) dataType).getFields().get(i).type(), timeZone));
+                    rowType.getFields().get(i).type(), timeZone));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/fe/be-java-extensions/paimon-scanner/src/test/java/org/apache/doris/paimon/PaimonColumnValueTest.java b/fe/be-java-extensions/paimon-scanner/src/test/java/org/apache/doris/paimon/PaimonColumnValueTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..639a2e87f30c18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fe/be-java-extensions/paimon-scanner/src/test/java/org/apache/doris/paimon/PaimonColumnValueTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
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+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package org.apache.doris.paimon;
+
+import org.apache.doris.common.jni.vec.ColumnType;
+import org.apache.doris.common.jni.vec.ColumnValue;
+
+import org.apache.paimon.data.BinaryString;
+import org.apache.paimon.data.GenericRow;
+import org.apache.paimon.data.InternalRow;
+import org.apache.paimon.data.serializer.InternalRowSerializer;
+import org.apache.paimon.types.BigIntType;
+import org.apache.paimon.types.DataType;
+import org.apache.paimon.types.IntType;
+import org.apache.paimon.types.RowType;
+import org.apache.paimon.types.VarCharType;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class PaimonColumnValueTest {
+    private final RowType paimonStructType = RowType.of(
+            new DataType[] {new IntType(), new VarCharType(), new BigIntType()},
+            new String[] {"a", "b", "c"});
+    private final ColumnType dorisStructType =
+            ColumnType.parseType("s", "struct<a:int,b:string,c:bigint>");
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUnpackNonLeadingStructField() {
+        PaimonColumnValue structValue = createStructValue();
+        List<ColumnValue> values = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        structValue.unpackStruct(Collections.singletonList(2), values);
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(1, values.size());
+        Assert.assertEquals(100L, values.get(0).getLong());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUnpackNonContiguousStructFields() {
+        PaimonColumnValue structValue = createStructValue();
+        List<ColumnValue> values = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        structValue.unpackStruct(Arrays.asList(0, 2), values);
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(2, values.size());
+        Assert.assertEquals(10, values.get(0).getInt());
+        Assert.assertEquals(100L, values.get(1).getLong());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUnpackCompleteStruct() {
+        PaimonColumnValue structValue = createStructValue();
+        List<ColumnValue> values = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        structValue.unpackStruct(Arrays.asList(0, 1, 2), values);
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(3, values.size());
+        Assert.assertEquals(10, values.get(0).getInt());
+        Assert.assertEquals("x", values.get(1).getString());
+        Assert.assertEquals(100L, values.get(2).getLong());
+    }
+
+    private PaimonColumnValue createStructValue() {
+        GenericRow nestedRow = GenericRow.of(10, BinaryString.fromString("x"), 100L);
+        RowType outerType = RowType.of(new DataType[] {paimonStructType}, new String[] {"s"});
+        InternalRow outerRow = new InternalRowSerializer(outerType).toBinaryRow(GenericRow.of(nestedRow));
+        return new PaimonColumnValue(outerRow, 0, dorisStructType, paimonStructType, "UTC");
+    }
+}