diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/apache/comet/parquet/ColumnReader.java b/common/src/main/java/org/apache/comet/parquet/ColumnReader.java
index 46fd87f6b8..cbba6946e4 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/apache/comet/parquet/ColumnReader.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/apache/comet/parquet/ColumnReader.java
@@ -230,15 +230,15 @@ public CometDecodedVector loadVector() {
         // return plain vector.
         currentVector = cometVector;
         return currentVector;
-      } else if (dictionary == null) {
-        // There is dictionary from native side but the Java side dictionary hasn't been
-        // initialized yet.
-        Dictionary arrowDictionary = dictionaryProvider.lookup(dictionaryEncoding.getId());
-        CometPlainVector dictionaryVector =
-            new CometPlainVector(arrowDictionary.getVector(), useDecimal128, isUuid);
-        dictionary = new CometDictionary(dictionaryVector);
       }
 
+      // There is dictionary from native side but the Java side dictionary hasn't been
+      // initialized yet.
+      Dictionary arrowDictionary = dictionaryProvider.lookup(dictionaryEncoding.getId());
+      CometPlainVector dictionaryVector =
+          new CometPlainVector(arrowDictionary.getVector(), useDecimal128, isUuid);
+      dictionary = new CometDictionary(dictionaryVector);
+
       currentVector =
           new CometDictionaryVector(
               cometVector, dictionary, dictionaryProvider, useDecimal128, false, isUuid);