diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/SmallIntVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/SmallIntVector.java
index a801ef52c1865..34a2426f5bcf9 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/SmallIntVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/SmallIntVector.java
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ public void setWithPossibleTruncate(int index, long value) {
 
   @Override
   public long getValueAsLong(int index) {
-    return 0;
+    return this.get(index);
   }
 
   private class TransferImpl implements TransferPair {