diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/transform/truncate.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/transform/truncate.rs
index 0982907a66..5e14188442 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/transform/truncate.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/transform/truncate.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ impl Truncate {
 
     #[inline]
     fn truncate_binary(s: &[u8], width: usize) -> &[u8] {
-        &s[0..width]
+        if s.len() > width {
+            &s[0..width]
+        } else {
+            s
+        }
     }
 
     #[inline]