diff --git a/datafusion/functions-nested/benches/array_remove.rs b/datafusion/functions-nested/benches/array_remove.rs
index a494d322392a8..6fd153548a63b 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions-nested/benches/array_remove.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions-nested/benches/array_remove.rs
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ fn create_f64_list_array(
             if rng.random::<f64>() < null_density {
                 None
             } else {
-                Some(rng.random_range(0.0..array_size as f64))
+                Some(rng.random_range(0..array_size as i64) as f64)
             }
         })
         .collect::<Float64Array>();
diff --git a/datafusion/functions-nested/src/remove.rs b/datafusion/functions-nested/src/remove.rs
index 730b4b39ac1ca..c428009425483 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions-nested/src/remove.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions-nested/src/remove.rs
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 use crate::utils;
 use crate::utils::make_scalar_function;
 use arrow::array::{
-    Array, ArrayRef, Capacities, GenericListArray, MutableArrayData, NullBufferBuilder,
-    OffsetSizeTrait, cast::AsArray, make_array,
+    Array, ArrayRef, Capacities, GenericListArray, MutableArrayData, OffsetSizeTrait,
+    cast::AsArray, make_array,
 };
-use arrow::buffer::OffsetBuffer;
+use arrow::buffer::{NullBuffer, OffsetBuffer};
 use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, FieldRef};
 use datafusion_common::cast::as_int64_array;
 use datafusion_common::utils::ListCoercion;
@@ -386,12 +386,13 @@ fn general_remove<OffsetSize: OffsetSizeTrait>(
         false,
         Capacities::Array(original_data.len()),
     );
-    let mut valid = NullBufferBuilder::new(list_array.len());
+
+    // Pre-compute combined null bitmap
+    let nulls = NullBuffer::union(list_array.nulls(), element_array.nulls());
 
     for (row_index, offset_window) in list_array.offsets().windows(2).enumerate() {
-        if list_array.is_null(row_index) || element_array.is_null(row_index) {
+        if nulls.as_ref().is_some_and(|nulls| nulls.is_null(row_index)) {
             offsets.push(offsets[row_index]);
-            valid.append_null();
             continue;
         }
 
@@ -414,7 +415,6 @@ fn general_remove<OffsetSize: OffsetSizeTrait>(
         if num_to_remove == 0 {
             mutable.extend(0, start, end);
             offsets.push(offsets[row_index] + OffsetSize::usize_as(end - start));
-            valid.append_non_null();
             continue;
         }
 
@@ -445,7 +445,6 @@ fn general_remove<OffsetSize: OffsetSizeTrait>(
         }
 
         offsets.push(offsets[row_index] + OffsetSize::usize_as(copied));
-        valid.append_non_null();
     }
 
     let new_values = make_array(mutable.freeze());
@@ -453,7 +452,7 @@ fn general_remove<OffsetSize: OffsetSizeTrait>(
         Arc::clone(list_field),
         OffsetBuffer::new(offsets.into()),
         new_values,
-        valid.finish(),
+        nulls,
     )?))
 }