diff --git a/rust/arrow/src/array/equal/fixed_binary.rs b/rust/arrow/src/array/equal/fixed_binary.rs
index e0fdf07ec85..f14b097fbb0 100644
--- a/rust/arrow/src/array/equal/fixed_binary.rs
+++ b/rust/arrow/src/array/equal/fixed_binary.rs
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ pub(super) fn fixed_binary_equal(
         _ => unreachable!(),
     };
 
-    let lhs_values = lhs.buffer::<u8>(0);
-    let rhs_values = rhs.buffer::<u8>(0);
+    let lhs_values = &lhs.buffers()[0].data()[lhs.offset() * size..];
+    let rhs_values = &rhs.buffers()[0].data()[rhs.offset() * size..];
 
     if lhs.null_count() == 0 && rhs.null_count() == 0 {
         equal_len(
diff --git a/rust/arrow/src/array/equal/mod.rs b/rust/arrow/src/array/equal/mod.rs
index 4900c8e74e3..9b49bb28a5b 100644
--- a/rust/arrow/src/array/equal/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/arrow/src/array/equal/mod.rs
@@ -602,6 +602,10 @@ mod tests {
         let a_slice = a.slice(4, 1);
         let b_slice = b.slice(4, 1);
         test_equal(&a_slice, &b_slice, true);
+
+        let a_slice = a.slice(3, 1);
+        let b_slice = b.slice(3, 1);
+        test_equal(&a_slice, &b_slice, false);
     }
 
     /// Create a fixed size list of 2 value lengths