diff --git a/velox/dwio/common/SelectiveStructColumnReader.cpp b/velox/dwio/common/SelectiveStructColumnReader.cpp
index cbe5388ce27f1..22c2393b0e420 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/common/SelectiveStructColumnReader.cpp
+++ b/velox/dwio/common/SelectiveStructColumnReader.cpp
@@ -271,11 +271,11 @@ void SelectiveStructColumnReaderBase::recordParentNullsInChildren(
   }
 }
 
-bool SelectiveStructColumnReaderBase::isChildConstant(
+bool SelectiveStructColumnReaderBase::isChildMissing(
     const velox::common::ScanSpec& childSpec) const {
-  // Returns true if the child has a constant set in the ScanSpec, or if the
-  // file doesn't have this child (in which case it will be treated as null).
-  return childSpec.isConstant() ||
+  // Returns true if the file doesn't have this child (in which case it will be
+  // treated as null).
+  return
       // The below check is trying to determine if this is a missing field in a
       // struct that should be constant null.
       (!isRoot_ && // If we're in the root struct channel is meaningless in this
diff --git a/velox/dwio/common/SelectiveStructColumnReader.h b/velox/dwio/common/SelectiveStructColumnReader.h
index 6f15b321391c1..f21e3f5199d1e 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/common/SelectiveStructColumnReader.h
+++ b/velox/dwio/common/SelectiveStructColumnReader.h
@@ -133,9 +133,13 @@ class SelectiveStructColumnReaderBase : public SelectiveColumnReader {
     return hasDeletion_;
   }
 
-  // Returns true if we'll return a constant for that childSpec (i.e. we don't
-  // need to read it).
-  bool isChildConstant(const velox::common::ScanSpec& childSpec) const;
+  bool isChildMissing(const velox::common::ScanSpec& childSpec) const;
+
+  bool isChildConstant(const velox::common::ScanSpec& childSpec) const {
+    return childSpec.isConstant() ||
+        childSpec.subscript() == kConstantChildSpecSubscript ||
+        isChildMissing(childSpec);
+  }
 
   void fillOutputRowsFromMutation(vector_size_t size);
 
diff --git a/velox/dwio/dwrf/reader/SelectiveFlatMapColumnReader.cpp b/velox/dwio/dwrf/reader/SelectiveFlatMapColumnReader.cpp
index 35fea227cf1b3..d1172829792ab 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/dwrf/reader/SelectiveFlatMapColumnReader.cpp
+++ b/velox/dwio/dwrf/reader/SelectiveFlatMapColumnReader.cpp
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ class SelectiveFlatMapAsStructReader : public SelectiveStructColumnReaderBase {
         !keyNodes_.empty(),
         "For struct encoding, keys to project must be configured");
     children_.resize(keyNodes_.size());
+    for (auto& childSpec : scanSpec.children()) {
+      childSpec->setSubscript(kConstantChildSpecSubscript);
+    }
     for (int i = 0; i < keyNodes_.size(); ++i) {
       keyNodes_[i].reader->scanSpec()->setSubscript(i);
       children_[i] = keyNodes_[i].reader.get();
diff --git a/velox/dwio/dwrf/reader/SelectiveStructColumnReader.cpp b/velox/dwio/dwrf/reader/SelectiveStructColumnReader.cpp
index 26f5020dd16a5..6baaf94b43cd3 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/dwrf/reader/SelectiveStructColumnReader.cpp
+++ b/velox/dwio/dwrf/reader/SelectiveStructColumnReader.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ SelectiveStructColumnReader::SelectiveStructColumnReader(
     if (childSpec->isExplicitRowNumber()) {
       continue;
     }
-    if (isChildConstant(*childSpec)) {
+    if (childSpec->isConstant() || isChildMissing(*childSpec)) {
       childSpec->setSubscript(kConstantChildSpecSubscript);
       continue;
     }
diff --git a/velox/dwio/parquet/reader/StructColumnReader.cpp b/velox/dwio/parquet/reader/StructColumnReader.cpp
index 90c407c961358..2ab9ae4562e35 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/parquet/reader/StructColumnReader.cpp
+++ b/velox/dwio/parquet/reader/StructColumnReader.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ StructColumnReader::StructColumnReader(
   auto& childSpecs = scanSpec_->stableChildren();
   for (auto i = 0; i < childSpecs.size(); ++i) {
     auto childSpec = childSpecs[i];
-    if (childSpecs[i]->isConstant()) {
+    if (childSpec->isConstant() || isChildMissing(*childSpec)) {
+      childSpec->setSubscript(kConstantChildSpecSubscript);
       continue;
     }
     if (childSpecs[i]->isExplicitRowNumber()) {
diff --git a/velox/exec/tests/TableScanTest.cpp b/velox/exec/tests/TableScanTest.cpp
index fd982240c2c64..724e2af983022 100644
--- a/velox/exec/tests/TableScanTest.cpp
+++ b/velox/exec/tests/TableScanTest.cpp
@@ -4733,13 +4733,14 @@ TEST_F(TableScanTest, partitionKeyNotMatchPartitionKeysHandle) {
 TEST_F(TableScanTest, readFlatMapAsStruct) {
   constexpr int kSize = 10;
   std::vector<std::string> keys = {"1", "2", "3"};
-  auto vector = makeRowVector({makeRowVector(
+  auto c0 = makeRowVector(
       keys,
       {
           makeFlatVector<int64_t>(kSize, folly::identity),
           makeFlatVector<int64_t>(kSize, folly::identity, nullEvery(5)),
           makeFlatVector<int64_t>(kSize, folly::identity, nullEvery(7)),
-      })});
+      });
+  auto vector = makeRowVector({c0});
   auto config = std::make_shared<dwrf::Config>();
   config->set(dwrf::Config::FLATTEN_MAP, true);
   config->set<const std::vector<uint32_t>>(dwrf::Config::MAP_FLAT_COLS, {0});
@@ -4753,6 +4754,18 @@ TEST_F(TableScanTest, readFlatMapAsStruct) {
       PlanBuilder().tableScan(readSchema, {}, "", writeSchema).planNode();
   auto split = makeHiveConnectorSplit(file->getPath());
   AssertQueryBuilder(plan).split(split).assertResults(vector);
+  readSchema =
+      ROW({"c0"}, {ROW({"1", "4", "2"}, {BIGINT(), BIGINT(), BIGINT()})});
+  plan = PlanBuilder().tableScan(readSchema, {}, "", writeSchema).planNode();
+  split = makeHiveConnectorSplit(file->getPath());
+  auto expected = makeRowVector({makeRowVector(
+      {"1", "4", "2"},
+      {
+          c0->childAt(0),
+          makeNullConstant(TypeKind::BIGINT, kSize),
+          c0->childAt(1),
+      })});
+  AssertQueryBuilder(plan).split(split).assertResults(expected);
 }
 
 TEST_F(TableScanTest, dynamicFilters) {