diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/column_reader.cc b/cpp/src/parquet/column_reader.cc
index b739f22791677..c6c6a6331386b 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/column_reader.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/column_reader.cc
@@ -1176,11 +1176,14 @@ int64_t TypedColumnReaderImpl<DType>::ReadBatchSpaced(
   // If the field is required and non-repeated, there are no definition levels
   if (this->max_def_level_ > 0) {
     int64_t num_def_levels = this->ReadDefinitionLevels(batch_size, def_levels);
+    if (ARROW_PREDICT_FALSE(num_def_levels != batch_size)) {
+      throw ParquetException(kErrorRepDefLevelNotMatchesNumValues);
+    }
 
     // Not present for non-repeated fields
     if (this->max_rep_level_ > 0) {
       int64_t num_rep_levels = this->ReadRepetitionLevels(batch_size, rep_levels);
-      if (num_def_levels != num_rep_levels) {
+      if (ARROW_PREDICT_FALSE(num_def_levels != num_rep_levels)) {
         throw ParquetException(kErrorRepDefLevelNotMatchesNumValues);
       }
     }
@@ -1423,19 +1426,18 @@ class TypedRecordReader : public TypedColumnReaderImpl<DType>,
         int16_t* def_levels = this->def_levels() + levels_written_;
         int16_t* rep_levels = this->rep_levels() + levels_written_;
 
-        int64_t levels_read = this->ReadDefinitionLevels(batch_size, def_levels);
+        if (ARROW_PREDICT_FALSE(this->ReadDefinitionLevels(batch_size, def_levels) !=
+                                batch_size)) {
+          throw ParquetException(kErrorRepDefLevelNotMatchesNumValues);
+        }
         if (this->max_rep_level_ > 0) {
           int64_t rep_levels_read = this->ReadRepetitionLevels(batch_size, rep_levels);
-          if (rep_levels_read != levels_read) {
+          if (ARROW_PREDICT_FALSE(rep_levels_read != batch_size)) {
             throw ParquetException(kErrorRepDefLevelNotMatchesNumValues);
           }
         }
 
-        if (ARROW_PREDICT_FALSE(batch_size != levels_read)) {
-          throw ParquetException(kErrorRepDefLevelNotMatchesNumValues);
-        }
-
-        levels_written_ += levels_read;
+        levels_written_ += batch_size;
         records_read += ReadRecordData(num_records - records_read);
       } else {
         // No repetition and definition levels, we can read values directly
@@ -1592,16 +1594,14 @@ class TypedRecordReader : public TypedColumnReaderImpl<DType>,
       int16_t* def_levels = this->def_levels() + levels_written_;
       int16_t* rep_levels = this->rep_levels() + levels_written_;
 
-      int64_t levels_read = 0;
-      levels_read = this->ReadDefinitionLevels(batch_size, def_levels);
-      if (this->ReadRepetitionLevels(batch_size, rep_levels) != levels_read) {
+      if (this->ReadDefinitionLevels(batch_size, def_levels) != batch_size) {
         throw ParquetException(kErrorRepDefLevelNotMatchesNumValues);
       }
-      if (ARROW_PREDICT_FALSE(batch_size != levels_read)) {
+      if (this->ReadRepetitionLevels(batch_size, rep_levels) != batch_size) {
         throw ParquetException(kErrorRepDefLevelNotMatchesNumValues);
       }
 
-      levels_written_ += levels_read;
+      levels_written_ += batch_size;
       int64_t remaining_records = num_records - skipped_records;
       // This updates at_record_start_.
       skipped_records += DelimitAndSkipRecordsInBuffer(remaining_records);