diff --git a/common/src/main/spark-3.x/org/apache/comet/shims/CometTypeShim.scala b/common/src/main/spark-3.x/org/apache/comet/shims/CometTypeShim.scala
index 46a81818a0..b26267f0b1 100644
--- a/common/src/main/spark-3.x/org/apache/comet/shims/CometTypeShim.scala
+++ b/common/src/main/spark-3.x/org/apache/comet/shims/CometTypeShim.scala
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ package org.apache.comet.shims
 
 import scala.annotation.nowarn
 
-import org.apache.spark.sql.types.DataType
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{DataType, StructType}
 
 trait CometTypeShim {
   @nowarn // Spark 4 feature; stubbed to false in Spark 3.x for compatibility.
   def isStringCollationType(dt: DataType): Boolean = false
+
+  @nowarn // Spark 4 feature; Variant shredding doesn't exist in Spark 3.x.
+  def isVariantStruct(s: StructType): Boolean = false
 }
diff --git a/common/src/main/spark-4.0/org/apache/comet/shims/CometTypeShim.scala b/common/src/main/spark-4.0/org/apache/comet/shims/CometTypeShim.scala
index 1b82c04b20..f75fde7de9 100644
--- a/common/src/main/spark-4.0/org/apache/comet/shims/CometTypeShim.scala
+++ b/common/src/main/spark-4.0/org/apache/comet/shims/CometTypeShim.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.comet.shims
 
-import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{DataType, StringType}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.VariantMetadata
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{DataType, StringType, StructType}
 
 trait CometTypeShim {
   // A `StringType` carries collation metadata in Spark 4.0. Only non-default (non-UTF8_BINARY)
@@ -31,4 +32,11 @@ trait CometTypeShim {
     case st: StringType => st.collationId != StringType.collationId
     case _ => false
   }
+
+  // Spark 4.0's `PushVariantIntoScan` rewrites `VariantType` columns into a `StructType` whose
+  // fields each carry `__VARIANT_METADATA_KEY` metadata, then pushes `variant_get` paths down as
+  // ordinary struct field accesses. Comet's native scans don't understand the on-disk Parquet
+  // variant shredding layout, so reading such a struct natively returns nulls. Detect the marker
+  // and force scan fallback.
+  def isVariantStruct(s: StructType): Boolean = VariantMetadata.isVariantStruct(s)
 }
diff --git a/dev/diffs/4.0.1.diff b/dev/diffs/4.0.1.diff
index 0da594b58d..336be60b83 100644
--- a/dev/diffs/4.0.1.diff
+++ b/dev/diffs/4.0.1.diff
@@ -1333,21 +1333,6 @@ index 2e33f6505ab..54f5081e10a 100644
      }
  
      withTable("t1", "t2") {
-diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/VariantShreddingSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/VariantShreddingSuite.scala
-index fee375db10a..8c2c24e2c5f 100644
---- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/VariantShreddingSuite.scala
-+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/VariantShreddingSuite.scala
-@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
- import org.apache.spark.types.variant._
- import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.{UTF8String, VariantVal}
- 
--class VariantShreddingSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession with ParquetTest {
-+class VariantShreddingSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession with ParquetTest
-+    // TODO enable tests once https://github.com/apache/datafusion-comet/issues/2209 is fixed
-+    with IgnoreCometSuite {
-   def parseJson(s: String): VariantVal = {
-     val v = VariantBuilder.parseJson(s, false)
-     new VariantVal(v.getValue, v.getMetadata)
 diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/collation/CollationSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/collation/CollationSuite.scala
 index 11e9547dfc5..637411056ae 100644
 --- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/collation/CollationSuite.scala
@@ -3130,30 +3115,6 @@ index 09ed6955a51..5cd856ff7b6 100644
    ) {
      checkAllParquetReaders(
        values = Seq("1.23", "10.34"),
-diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/ParquetVariantShreddingSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/ParquetVariantShreddingSuite.scala
-index 458b5dfc0f4..d209f3c85bc 100644
---- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/ParquetVariantShreddingSuite.scala
-+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/parquet/ParquetVariantShreddingSuite.scala
-@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.util.HadoopInputFile
- import org.apache.parquet.schema.{LogicalTypeAnnotation, PrimitiveType}
- import org.apache.parquet.schema.PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName
- 
--import org.apache.spark.sql.{QueryTest, Row}
-+import org.apache.spark.sql.{IgnoreCometSuite, QueryTest, Row}
- import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
- import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf.ParquetOutputTimestampType
- import org.apache.spark.sql.test.SharedSparkSession
-@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.VariantVal
- /**
-  * Test shredding Variant values in the Parquet reader/writer.
-  */
--class ParquetVariantShreddingSuite extends QueryTest with ParquetTest with SharedSparkSession {
-+class ParquetVariantShreddingSuite extends QueryTest with ParquetTest with SharedSparkSession
-+    // TODO enable tests once https://github.com/apache/datafusion-comet/issues/2209 is fixed
-+    with IgnoreCometSuite {
- 
-   private def testWithTempDir(name: String)(block: File => Unit): Unit = test(name) {
-     withTempDir { dir =>
 diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/debug/DebuggingSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/debug/DebuggingSuite.scala
 index b8f3ea3c6f3..bbd44221288 100644
 --- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/debug/DebuggingSuite.scala
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/rules/CometScanRule.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/rules/CometScanRule.scala
index bba3925c94..c12a012630 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/rules/CometScanRule.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/rules/CometScanRule.scala
@@ -713,6 +713,13 @@ case class CometScanTypeChecker(scanImpl: String) extends DataTypeSupport with C
         // we don't need specific support for collation in scans, but this
         // is a convenient place to force the whole query to fall back to Spark for now
         false
+      case s: StructType if isVariantStruct(s) =>
+        // Spark 4.0's PushVariantIntoScan rewrites a VariantType column into a struct of typed
+        // fields plus per-field VariantMetadata, expecting the scan to honor Parquet variant
+        // shredding semantics. Comet's native scans don't, so fall back to Spark.
+        fallbackReasons +=
+          s"$scanImpl scan does not support shredded Variant reads (column $name)"
+        false
       case s: StructType if s.fields.isEmpty =>
         false
       case _ =>