diff --git a/native/core/src/execution/columnar_to_row.rs b/native/core/src/execution/columnar_to_row.rs
index 66b53af2bd..495253c832 100644
--- a/native/core/src/execution/columnar_to_row.rs
+++ b/native/core/src/execution/columnar_to_row.rs
@@ -1068,7 +1068,19 @@ impl ColumnarToRowContext {
                     })?;
                 Ok(Arc::new(decimal_array))
             }
-            _ => Ok(Arc::clone(array)),
+            _ => {
+                // For any other type mismatch, attempt an Arrow cast.
+                // This handles cases like Int32 → Date32 (which can happen when Spark
+                // generates default column values using the physical storage type rather
+                // than the logical type).
+                let options = CastOptions::default();
+                cast_with_options(array, schema_type, &options).map_err(|e| {
+                    CometError::Internal(format!(
+                        "Failed to cast array from {:?} to {:?}: {}",
+                        actual_type, schema_type, e
+                    ))
+                })
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/CometNativeColumnarToRowExec.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/CometNativeColumnarToRowExec.scala
index a520098ed1..2345386143 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/CometNativeColumnarToRowExec.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/CometNativeColumnarToRowExec.scala
@@ -232,11 +232,6 @@ case class CometNativeColumnarToRowExec(child: SparkPlan)
 
 object CometNativeColumnarToRowExec {
 
-  /**
-   * Checks if native columnar to row conversion is enabled.
-   */
-  def isEnabled: Boolean = CometConf.COMET_NATIVE_COLUMNAR_TO_ROW_ENABLED.get()
-
   /**
    * Checks if the given schema is supported by native columnar to row conversion.
    *
diff --git a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometFuzzTestBase.scala b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometFuzzTestBase.scala
index 0e179b40fc..6b6f02f9fd 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometFuzzTestBase.scala
+++ b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometFuzzTestBase.scala
@@ -111,14 +111,16 @@ class CometFuzzTestBase extends CometTestBase with AdaptiveSparkPlanHelper {
 
   override protected def test(testName: String, testTags: Tag*)(testFun: => Any)(implicit
       pos: Position): Unit = {
-    Seq("native", "jvm").foreach { shuffleMode =>
-      super.test(testName + s" ($shuffleMode shuffle)", testTags: _*) {
-        withSQLConf(
-          CometConf.COMET_PARQUET_UNSIGNED_SMALL_INT_CHECK.key -> "false",
-          CometConf.COMET_SHUFFLE_MODE.key -> shuffleMode) {
-          testFun
+    Seq(("native", "false"), ("jvm", "true"), ("jvm", "false")).foreach {
+      case (shuffleMode, nativeC2R) =>
+        super.test(testName + s" ($shuffleMode shuffle, nativeC2R=$nativeC2R)", testTags: _*) {
+          withSQLConf(
+            CometConf.COMET_NATIVE_COLUMNAR_TO_ROW_ENABLED.key -> nativeC2R,
+            CometConf.COMET_PARQUET_UNSIGNED_SMALL_INT_CHECK.key -> "false",
+            CometConf.COMET_SHUFFLE_MODE.key -> shuffleMode) {
+            testFun
+          }
         }
-      }
     }
   }