diff --git a/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py b/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
index cee2ccac72..2fdee17441 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ def struct(
                 elif field.initial_default is None:
                     field_arrays.append(pa.nulls(len(struct_array), type=arrow_type))
                 else:
-                    field_arrays.append(pa.repeat(field.initial_default, len(struct_array)))
+                    field_arrays.append(pa.repeat(pa.scalar(field.initial_default, type=arrow_type), len(struct_array)))
                 fields.append(self._construct_field(field, arrow_type))
             else:
                 raise ResolveError(f"Field is required, and could not be found in the file: {field}")