diff --git a/csharp/src/Apache.Arrow/Ipc/ArrowStreamWriter.cs b/csharp/src/Apache.Arrow/Ipc/ArrowStreamWriter.cs
index 1b83735925556..a7e4c13525236 100644
--- a/csharp/src/Apache.Arrow/Ipc/ArrowStreamWriter.cs
+++ b/csharp/src/Apache.Arrow/Ipc/ArrowStreamWriter.cs
@@ -165,8 +165,13 @@ public void Visit(ListArray array)
                 _buffers.Add(CreateBitmapBuffer(array.NullBitmapBuffer, array.Offset, array.Length));
                 _buffers.Add(CreateBuffer(GetZeroBasedValueOffsets(array.ValueOffsetsBuffer, array.Offset, array.Length)));
 
-                int valuesOffset = array.ValueOffsets[0];
-                int valuesLength = array.ValueOffsets[array.Length] - valuesOffset;
+                int valuesOffset = 0;
+                int valuesLength = 0;
+                if (array.Length > 0)
+                {
+                    valuesOffset = array.ValueOffsets[0];
+                    valuesLength = array.ValueOffsets[array.Length] - valuesOffset;
+                }
 
                 var values = array.Values;
                 if (valuesOffset > 0 || valuesLength < values.Length)
@@ -206,8 +211,13 @@ public void Visit(BinaryArray array)
                 _buffers.Add(CreateBitmapBuffer(array.NullBitmapBuffer, array.Offset, array.Length));
                 _buffers.Add(CreateBuffer(GetZeroBasedValueOffsets(array.ValueOffsetsBuffer, array.Offset, array.Length)));
 
-                int valuesOffset = array.ValueOffsets[0];
-                int valuesLength = array.ValueOffsets[array.Length] - valuesOffset;
+                int valuesOffset = 0;
+                int valuesLength = 0;
+                if (array.Length > 0)
+                {
+                    valuesOffset = array.ValueOffsets[0];
+                    valuesLength = array.ValueOffsets[array.Length] - valuesOffset;
+                }
 
                 _buffers.Add(CreateSlicedBuffer<byte>(array.ValueBuffer, valuesOffset, valuesLength));
             }
diff --git a/csharp/test/Apache.Arrow.Tests/ArrowFileWriterTests.cs b/csharp/test/Apache.Arrow.Tests/ArrowFileWriterTests.cs
index 449760364364c..297cb5e181cd3 100644
--- a/csharp/test/Apache.Arrow.Tests/ArrowFileWriterTests.cs
+++ b/csharp/test/Apache.Arrow.Tests/ArrowFileWriterTests.cs
@@ -245,17 +245,5 @@ public async Task WriteListArrayWithEmptyOffsets()
 
             await ValidateRecordBatchFile(stream, recordBatch, strictCompare: false);
         }
-
-        private static void Shuffle(int[] values, Random random)
-        {
-            var length = values.Length;
-            for (int i = 0; i < length - 1; ++i)
-            {
-                var j = random.Next(i, length);
-                var tmp = values[i];
-                values[i] = values[j];
-                values[j] = tmp;
-            }
-        }
     }
 }