diff --git a/arrow-json/src/reader/list_array.rs b/arrow-json/src/reader/list_array.rs
index 63644964c30c..fc6af5907971 100644
--- a/arrow-json/src/reader/list_array.rs
+++ b/arrow-json/src/reader/list_array.rs
@@ -112,16 +112,13 @@ impl<O: OffsetSizeTrait, const IS_VIEW: bool> ArrayDecoder for ListLikeArrayDeco
                 sizes.push(offsets[i] - offsets[i - 1]);
             }
             offsets.pop();
-            // SAFETY: offsets and sizes are constructed correctly from the tape
-            let array = unsafe {
-                GenericListViewArray::<O>::new_unchecked(
-                    self.field.clone(),
-                    ScalarBuffer::from(offsets),
-                    ScalarBuffer::from(sizes),
-                    values,
-                    nulls,
-                )
-            };
+            let array = GenericListViewArray::<O>::try_new(
+                self.field.clone(),
+                ScalarBuffer::from(offsets),
+                ScalarBuffer::from(sizes),
+                values,
+                nulls,
+            )?;
             Ok(Arc::new(array))
         } else {
             // SAFETY: offsets are built monotonically starting from 0
diff --git a/arrow-json/src/reader/mod.rs b/arrow-json/src/reader/mod.rs
index ea4cbe2664f6..44a686facc59 100644
--- a/arrow-json/src/reader/mod.rs
+++ b/arrow-json/src/reader/mod.rs
@@ -2316,6 +2316,34 @@ mod tests {
         assert_read_list_view::<i64>();
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_read_list_view_rejects_null_non_nullable_child() {
+        let field = Arc::new(Field::new("item", DataType::Int32, false));
+        for (data_type, array_type) in [
+            (DataType::ListView(field.clone()), "ListViewArray"),
+            (DataType::LargeListView(field.clone()), "LargeListViewArray"),
+        ] {
+            let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("lv", data_type, true)]));
+            let buf = r#"
+            {"lv": [1, 2, 3]}
+            {"lv": [4, null]}
+            "#;
+
+            let error = ReaderBuilder::new(schema)
+                .build(Cursor::new(buf.as_bytes()))
+                .unwrap()
+                .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
+                .unwrap_err();
+
+            assert_eq!(
+                error.to_string(),
+                format!(
+                    "Invalid argument error: Non-nullable field of {array_type} \"item\" cannot contain nulls"
+                )
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_fixed_size_list() {
         let buf = r#"