diff --git a/parquet/src/arrow/arrow_writer.rs b/parquet/src/arrow/arrow_writer.rs
index 3a53c2cf330..7ddd6443230 100644
--- a/parquet/src/arrow/arrow_writer.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/arrow/arrow_writer.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ impl<W: 'static + ParquetWriter> ArrowWriter<W> {
         }
 
         self.buffered_rows += batch.num_rows();
-
         self.flush_completed()?;
 
         Ok(())
@@ -122,13 +121,18 @@ impl<W: 'static + ParquetWriter> ArrowWriter<W> {
     /// Flushes buffered data until there are less than `max_row_group_size` rows buffered
     fn flush_completed(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
         while self.buffered_rows >= self.max_row_group_size {
-            self.flush_row_group(self.max_row_group_size)?;
+            self.flush_rows(self.max_row_group_size)?;
         }
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Flushes all buffered rows into a new row group
+    pub fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+        self.flush_rows(self.buffered_rows)
+    }
+
     /// Flushes `num_rows` from the buffer into a new row group
-    fn flush_row_group(&mut self, num_rows: usize) -> Result<()> {
+    fn flush_rows(&mut self, num_rows: usize) -> Result<()> {
         if num_rows == 0 {
             return Ok(());
         }
@@ -192,8 +196,7 @@ impl<W: 'static + ParquetWriter> ArrowWriter<W> {
 
     /// Close and finalize the underlying Parquet writer
     pub fn close(&mut self) -> Result<parquet_format::FileMetaData> {
-        self.flush_completed()?;
-        self.flush_row_group(self.buffered_rows)?;
+        self.flush()?;
         self.writer.close()
     }
 }