diff --git a/compression/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/compression/ZstdCompressionCodec.java b/compression/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/compression/ZstdCompressionCodec.java
index 6e48aae71f..46b1e223a4 100644
--- a/compression/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/compression/ZstdCompressionCodec.java
+++ b/compression/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/compression/ZstdCompressionCodec.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ protected ArrowBuf doDecompress(BufferAllocator allocator, ArrowBuf compressedBu
             compressedBuffer.writerIndex() - CompressionUtil.SIZE_OF_UNCOMPRESSED_LENGTH);
     if (Zstd.isError(decompressedSize)) {
       uncompressedBuffer.close();
-      throw new RuntimeException("Error decompressing: " + Zstd.getErrorName(decompressedLength));
+      throw new RuntimeException("Error decompressing: " + Zstd.getErrorName(decompressedSize));
     }
     if (decompressedLength != decompressedSize) {
       uncompressedBuffer.close();