diff --git a/data/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/parquet/GenericParquetReaders.java b/data/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/parquet/GenericParquetReaders.java
index bc6767f7470f..acb35ed29ca6 100644
--- a/data/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/parquet/GenericParquetReaders.java
+++ b/data/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/parquet/GenericParquetReaders.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Schema;
@@ -297,32 +296,6 @@ public ParquetValueReader<?> primitive(org.apache.iceberg.types.Type.PrimitiveTy
     MessageType type() {
       return type;
     }
-
-    private String[] currentPath() {
-      String[] path = new String[fieldNames.size()];
-      if (!fieldNames.isEmpty()) {
-        Iterator<String> iter = fieldNames.descendingIterator();
-        for (int i = 0; iter.hasNext(); i += 1) {
-          path[i] = iter.next();
-        }
-      }
-
-      return path;
-    }
-
-    protected String[] path(String name) {
-      String[] path = new String[fieldNames.size() + 1];
-      path[fieldNames.size()] = name;
-
-      if (!fieldNames.isEmpty()) {
-        Iterator<String> iter = fieldNames.descendingIterator();
-        for (int i = 0; iter.hasNext(); i += 1) {
-          path[i] = iter.next();
-        }
-      }
-
-      return path;
-    }
   }
 
   private static final OffsetDateTime EPOCH = Instant.ofEpochSecond(0).atOffset(ZoneOffset.UTC);
diff --git a/data/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/parquet/GenericParquetWriter.java b/data/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/parquet/GenericParquetWriter.java
index 922a9701fb95..d20db91af8c4 100644
--- a/data/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/parquet/GenericParquetWriter.java
+++ b/data/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/parquet/GenericParquetWriter.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.iceberg.data.Record;
 import org.apache.iceberg.parquet.ParquetTypeVisitor;
@@ -172,32 +171,6 @@ public ParquetValueWriter<?> primitive(PrimitiveType primitive) {
           throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported type: " + primitive);
       }
     }
-
-    private String[] currentPath() {
-      String[] path = new String[fieldNames.size()];
-      if (!fieldNames.isEmpty()) {
-        Iterator<String> iter = fieldNames.descendingIterator();
-        for (int i = 0; iter.hasNext(); i += 1) {
-          path[i] = iter.next();
-        }
-      }
-
-      return path;
-    }
-
-    private String[] path(String name) {
-      String[] path = new String[fieldNames.size() + 1];
-      path[fieldNames.size()] = name;
-
-      if (!fieldNames.isEmpty()) {
-        Iterator<String> iter = fieldNames.descendingIterator();
-        for (int i = 0; iter.hasNext(); i += 1) {
-          path[i] = iter.next();
-        }
-      }
-
-      return path;
-    }
   }
 
   private static final OffsetDateTime EPOCH = Instant.ofEpochSecond(0).atOffset(ZoneOffset.UTC);
diff --git a/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/ParquetAvroValueReaders.java b/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/ParquetAvroValueReaders.java
index a26fe92a12b8..6a2727456609 100644
--- a/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/ParquetAvroValueReaders.java
+++ b/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/ParquetAvroValueReaders.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.ByteOrder;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -231,32 +230,6 @@ public ParquetValueReader<?> primitive(org.apache.iceberg.types.Type.PrimitiveTy
           throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported type: " + primitive);
       }
     }
-
-    private String[] currentPath() {
-      String[] path = new String[fieldNames.size()];
-      if (!fieldNames.isEmpty()) {
-        Iterator<String> iter = fieldNames.descendingIterator();
-        for (int i = 0; iter.hasNext(); i += 1) {
-          path[i] = iter.next();
-        }
-      }
-
-      return path;
-    }
-
-    private String[] path(String name) {
-      String[] path = new String[fieldNames.size() + 1];
-      path[fieldNames.size()] = name;
-
-      if (!fieldNames.isEmpty()) {
-        Iterator<String> iter = fieldNames.descendingIterator();
-        for (int i = 0; iter.hasNext(); i += 1) {
-          path[i] = iter.next();
-        }
-      }
-
-      return path;
-    }
   }
 
   static class DecimalReader extends ParquetValueReaders.PrimitiveReader<BigDecimal> {
diff --git a/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/ParquetAvroWriter.java b/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/ParquetAvroWriter.java
index b76a88de9e12..a900669cd09a 100644
--- a/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/ParquetAvroWriter.java
+++ b/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/ParquetAvroWriter.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package org.apache.iceberg.parquet;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericData.Fixed;
 import org.apache.avro.generic.IndexedRecord;
@@ -163,32 +162,6 @@ public ParquetValueWriter<?> primitive(PrimitiveType primitive) {
           throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported type: " + primitive);
       }
     }
-
-    private String[] currentPath() {
-      String[] path = new String[fieldNames.size()];
-      if (!fieldNames.isEmpty()) {
-        Iterator<String> iter = fieldNames.descendingIterator();
-        for (int i = 0; iter.hasNext(); i += 1) {
-          path[i] = iter.next();
-        }
-      }
-
-      return path;
-    }
-
-    private String[] path(String name) {
-      String[] path = new String[fieldNames.size() + 1];
-      path[fieldNames.size()] = name;
-
-      if (!fieldNames.isEmpty()) {
-        Iterator<String> iter = fieldNames.descendingIterator();
-        for (int i = 0; iter.hasNext(); i += 1) {
-          path[i] = iter.next();
-        }
-      }
-
-      return path;
-    }
   }
 
   private static class FixedWriter extends PrimitiveWriter<Fixed> {
diff --git a/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/ParquetTypeVisitor.java b/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/ParquetTypeVisitor.java
index 9d8305314826..6b68c84edb7e 100644
--- a/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/ParquetTypeVisitor.java
+++ b/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/ParquetTypeVisitor.java
@@ -160,4 +160,14 @@ public T map(GroupType map, T key, T value) {
   public T primitive(PrimitiveType primitive) {
     return null;
   }
+
+  protected String[] currentPath() {
+    return Lists.newArrayList(fieldNames.descendingIterator()).toArray(new String[0]);
+  }
+
+  protected String[] path(String name) {
+    List<String> list = Lists.newArrayList(fieldNames.descendingIterator());
+    list.add(name);
+    return list.toArray(new String[0]);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/TypeWithSchemaVisitor.java b/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/TypeWithSchemaVisitor.java
index 7b741c304d9e..a13705db9a22 100644
--- a/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/TypeWithSchemaVisitor.java
+++ b/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/TypeWithSchemaVisitor.java
@@ -192,4 +192,14 @@ public T primitive(org.apache.iceberg.types.Type.PrimitiveType iPrimitive,
                      PrimitiveType primitive) {
     return null;
   }
+
+  protected String[] currentPath() {
+    return Lists.newArrayList(fieldNames.descendingIterator()).toArray(new String[0]);
+  }
+
+  protected String[] path(String name) {
+    List<String> list = Lists.newArrayList(fieldNames.descendingIterator());
+    list.add(name);
+    return list.toArray(new String[0]);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/pig/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/pig/PigParquetReader.java b/pig/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/pig/PigParquetReader.java
index aa3f1dc7d6a4..fd9e9ac2dfe4 100644
--- a/pig/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/pig/PigParquetReader.java
+++ b/pig/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/pig/PigParquetReader.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -273,32 +272,6 @@ public ParquetValueReader<?> primitive(
           throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported type: " + primitive);
       }
     }
-
-    private String[] currentPath() {
-      String[] path = new String[fieldNames.size()];
-      if (!fieldNames.isEmpty()) {
-        Iterator<String> iter = fieldNames.descendingIterator();
-        for (int i = 0; iter.hasNext(); i += 1) {
-          path[i] = iter.next();
-        }
-      }
-
-      return path;
-    }
-
-    protected String[] path(String name) {
-      String[] path = new String[fieldNames.size() + 1];
-      path[fieldNames.size()] = name;
-
-      if (!fieldNames.isEmpty()) {
-        Iterator<String> iter = fieldNames.descendingIterator();
-        for (int i = 0; iter.hasNext(); i += 1) {
-          path[i] = iter.next();
-        }
-      }
-
-      return path;
-    }
   }
 
   private static class DateReader extends PrimitiveReader<String> {
diff --git a/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/data/SparkParquetReaders.java b/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/data/SparkParquetReaders.java
index 190b708db14d..60a41380e42a 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/data/SparkParquetReaders.java
+++ b/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/data/SparkParquetReaders.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Schema;
@@ -281,35 +280,9 @@ public ParquetValueReader<?> primitive(org.apache.iceberg.types.Type.PrimitiveTy
       }
     }
 
-    private String[] currentPath() {
-      String[] path = new String[fieldNames.size()];
-      if (!fieldNames.isEmpty()) {
-        Iterator<String> iter = fieldNames.descendingIterator();
-        for (int i = 0; iter.hasNext(); i += 1) {
-          path[i] = iter.next();
-        }
-      }
-
-      return path;
-    }
-
     protected MessageType type() {
       return type;
     }
-
-    protected String[] path(String name) {
-      String[] path = new String[fieldNames.size() + 1];
-      path[fieldNames.size()] = name;
-
-      if (!fieldNames.isEmpty()) {
-        Iterator<String> iter = fieldNames.descendingIterator();
-        for (int i = 0; iter.hasNext(); i += 1) {
-          path[i] = iter.next();
-        }
-      }
-
-      return path;
-    }
   }
 
   private static class BinaryDecimalReader extends PrimitiveReader<Decimal> {
diff --git a/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/data/SparkParquetWriters.java b/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/data/SparkParquetWriters.java
index 3cd0d5ef2451..52ebd823335a 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/data/SparkParquetWriters.java
+++ b/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/data/SparkParquetWriters.java
@@ -185,32 +185,6 @@ public ParquetValueWriter<?> primitive(PrimitiveType primitive) {
           throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported type: " + primitive);
       }
     }
-
-    private String[] currentPath() {
-      String[] path = new String[fieldNames.size()];
-      if (!fieldNames.isEmpty()) {
-        Iterator<String> iter = fieldNames.descendingIterator();
-        for (int i = 0; iter.hasNext(); i += 1) {
-          path[i] = iter.next();
-        }
-      }
-
-      return path;
-    }
-
-    private String[] path(String name) {
-      String[] path = new String[fieldNames.size() + 1];
-      path[fieldNames.size()] = name;
-
-      if (!fieldNames.isEmpty()) {
-        Iterator<String> iter = fieldNames.descendingIterator();
-        for (int i = 0; iter.hasNext(); i += 1) {
-          path[i] = iter.next();
-        }
-      }
-
-      return path;
-    }
   }
 
   private static PrimitiveWriter<UTF8String> utf8Strings(ColumnDescriptor desc) {