diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BaseNullableVariableWidthVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BaseNullableVariableWidthVector.java
index 5ab884831e7ad..0ff3959d4bf5c 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BaseNullableVariableWidthVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BaseNullableVariableWidthVector.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.OutOfMemoryException;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BaseAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.NullableMapVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.schema.ArrowFieldNode;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Field;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.FieldType;
@@ -188,10 +187,14 @@ public void setInitialCapacity(int valueCount) {
    * @param density average number of bytes per variable width element
    */
   public void setInitialCapacity(int valueCount, double density) {
-    final long size = (long) (valueCount * density);
+    long size = (long) (valueCount * density);
     if (size > MAX_ALLOCATION_SIZE) {
       throw new OversizedAllocationException("Requested amount of memory is more than max allowed");
     }
+
+    if(size == 0) {
+      size = 1;
+    }
     valueAllocationSizeInBytes = (int) size;
     validityAllocationSizeInBytes = getValidityBufferSizeFromCount(valueCount);
     /* to track the end offset of last data element in vector, we need
diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/BaseRepeatedValueVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/BaseRepeatedValueVector.java
index fef2cf3c98bde..1cd9b718523ee 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/BaseRepeatedValueVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/BaseRepeatedValueVector.java
@@ -172,7 +172,12 @@ public void setInitialCapacity(int numRecords, double density) {
       throw new OversizedAllocationException("Requested amount of memory is more than max allowed");
     }
     offsetAllocationSizeInBytes = (numRecords + 1) * OFFSET_WIDTH;
-    final int innerValueCapacity = (int)(numRecords * density);
+    int innerValueCapacity = (int)(numRecords * density);
+
+    if(innerValueCapacity == 0) {
+      innerValueCapacity = 1;
+    }
+
     vector.setInitialCapacity(innerValueCapacity);
   }