diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/ExtensionTypeVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/ExtensionTypeVector.java
index 02dc8e3f438..e8a73dd8922 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/ExtensionTypeVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/ExtensionTypeVector.java
@@ -260,6 +260,6 @@ public BufferAllocator getAllocator() {
 
   @Override
   public boolean accept(RangeEqualsVisitor visitor) {
-    return visitor.visit(getUnderlyingVector());
+    return getUnderlyingVector().accept(visitor);
   }
 }
diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/compare/RangeEqualsVisitor.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/compare/RangeEqualsVisitor.java
index 537746eff6c..35a2c1a410e 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/compare/RangeEqualsVisitor.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/compare/RangeEqualsVisitor.java
@@ -112,10 +112,6 @@ public boolean visit(ZeroVector left) {
     return validate(left);
   }
 
-  public boolean visit(ValueVector left) {
-    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
-  }
-
   protected boolean compareValueVector(ValueVector left, ValueVector right) {
     if (!typeCheckNeeded) {
       return true;