diff --git a/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BaseVariableWidthViewVector.java b/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BaseVariableWidthViewVector.java
index ea9de8320e..25ef7dec16 100644
--- a/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BaseVariableWidthViewVector.java
+++ b/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BaseVariableWidthViewVector.java
@@ -1405,7 +1405,8 @@ public final int getTotalValueLengthUpToIndex(int index) {
   }
 
   protected final void handleSafe(int index, int dataLength) {
-    final long targetCapacity = roundUpToMultipleOf16((long) index * ELEMENT_SIZE + dataLength);
+    // The view buffer stores one fixed-width view per value; payload bytes are allocated separately.
+    final long targetCapacity = roundUpToMultipleOf16(((long) index + 1) * ELEMENT_SIZE);
     if (viewBuffer.capacity() < targetCapacity) {
       reallocViewBuffer(targetCapacity);
     }
diff --git a/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestVariableWidthViewVector.java b/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestVariableWidthViewVector.java
index baf5e672c8..fcf9636328 100644
--- a/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestVariableWidthViewVector.java
+++ b/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestVariableWidthViewVector.java
@@ -540,6 +540,26 @@ public void testSizeOfViewBufferElements() {
     }
   }
 
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @MethodSource({"vectorCreatorProvider"})
+  public void testSetSafeEmptyValueAtViewBufferBoundary(
+      Function<BufferAllocator, BaseVariableWidthViewVector> vectorCreator) {
+    try (final BaseVariableWidthViewVector vector = vectorCreator.apply(allocator)) {
+      final byte[] emptyValue = new byte[0];
+      vector.allocateNew();
+      final int valueCapacity = vector.getValueCapacity();
+
+      for (int i = 0; i <= valueCapacity; i++) {
+        vector.setSafe(i, emptyValue);
+      }
+
+      vector.setValueCount(valueCapacity + 1);
+      assertTrue(vector.getValueCapacity() > valueCapacity);
+      assertEquals(0, vector.getValueLength(valueCapacity));
+      assertArrayEquals(emptyValue, vector.get(valueCapacity));
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testNullableVarType1() {