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 c16ca323b433e..698ddac466041 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
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ protected boolean compareBaseFixedWidthVectors(Range range) {
             return false;
           }
         } else {
-          boolean ret = ((BitVector) leftVector).get(leftIndex) == ((BitVector) rightVector).get(leftIndex);
+          boolean ret = ((BitVector) leftVector).get(leftIndex) == ((BitVector) rightVector).get(rightIndex);
           if (!ret) {
             return false;
           }
diff --git a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/compare/TestRangeEqualsVisitor.java b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/compare/TestRangeEqualsVisitor.java
index 4495881ad78a1..ab8c6c634891e 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/compare/TestRangeEqualsVisitor.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/compare/TestRangeEqualsVisitor.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.RootAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.BigIntVector;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.BitVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.Float4Vector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.Float8Vector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.IntVector;
@@ -181,6 +182,28 @@ public void testListVectorRangeEquals() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testBitVectorRangeEquals() {
+    try (final BitVector vector1 = new BitVector("v1", allocator);
+         final BitVector vector2 = new BitVector("v2", allocator);) {
+
+      boolean[] v1 = new boolean[]{true, false, true, true, true};
+      boolean[] v2 = new boolean[]{false, true, true, true, false};
+      vector1.setValueCount(5);
+      for (int i = 0; i < 5; i ++) {
+        vector1.set(i, v1[i] ? 1 : 0);
+      }
+      vector2.setValueCount(5);
+      for (int i = 0; i < 5; i ++) {
+        vector2.set(i, v2[i] ? 1 : 0);
+      }
+
+      RangeEqualsVisitor visitor = new RangeEqualsVisitor(vector1, vector2);
+      assertTrue(visitor.compareBaseFixedWidthVectors(new Range(1, 0, 4)));
+      assertFalse(visitor.compareBaseFixedWidthVectors(new Range(0, 0, 5)));
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testFixedSizeListVectorRangeEquals() {
     try (final FixedSizeListVector vector1 = FixedSizeListVector.empty("list", 2, allocator);