diff --git a/paimon-lance/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/format/lance/LanceFileFormat.java b/paimon-lance/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/format/lance/LanceFileFormat.java
index 52184ad79892..05005432b6d8 100644
--- a/paimon-lance/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/format/lance/LanceFileFormat.java
+++ b/paimon-lance/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/format/lance/LanceFileFormat.java
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public Void visit(BlobType blobType) {
 
         @Override
         public Void visit(ArrayType arrayType) {
-            return null;
+            return arrayType.getElementType().accept(this);
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/paimon-lance/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/format/lance/LanceFileFormatTest.java b/paimon-lance/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/format/lance/LanceFileFormatTest.java
index ab63fc91ac4a..2352be764f91 100644
--- a/paimon-lance/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/format/lance/LanceFileFormatTest.java
+++ b/paimon-lance/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/format/lance/LanceFileFormatTest.java
@@ -63,6 +63,22 @@ public void testValidateDataFields_UnsupportedMultisetType() {
         assertThrows(UnsupportedOperationException.class, () -> format.validateDataFields(rowType));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testValidateDataFields_UnsupportedTypeNestedInArray() {
+        LanceFileFormat format =
+                new LanceFileFormat(new FileFormatFactory.FormatContext(new Options(), 1024, 1024));
+        RowType rowType = RowType.of(DataTypes.ARRAY(DataTypes.MULTISET(DataTypes.STRING())));
+        assertThrows(UnsupportedOperationException.class, () -> format.validateDataFields(rowType));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testValidateDataFields_SupportedTypeNestedInArray() {
+        LanceFileFormat format =
+                new LanceFileFormat(new FileFormatFactory.FormatContext(new Options(), 1024, 1024));
+        RowType rowType = RowType.of(DataTypes.ARRAY(DataTypes.ARRAY(DataTypes.INT())));
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> format.validateDataFields(rowType));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testValidateDataFields_SupportedTypes() {
         LanceFileFormat format =