diff --git a/java/memory/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/NettyArrowBuf.java b/java/memory/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/NettyArrowBuf.java
index 56221a95d54d6..2b831a671cf63 100644
--- a/java/memory/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/NettyArrowBuf.java
+++ b/java/memory/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/NettyArrowBuf.java
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public ByteBuffer nioBuffer() {
 
   @Override
   public ByteBuffer nioBuffer(int index, int length) {
-    checkIndex(index, length);
+    chk(index, length);
     final ByteBuffer buffer = getDirectBuffer();
     buffer.position(index).limit(index + length);
     return buffer;
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 9e4afcfa5464f..ffa1503a02ddf 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@
             <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
             <systemPropertyVariables>
               <java.io.tmpdir>${project.build.directory}</java.io.tmpdir>
+              <io.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible>true</io.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible>
             </systemPropertyVariables>
             <!-- Note: changing the below configuration might increase the max allocation size for a vector
             which in turn can cause OOM. -->