diff --git a/encodings/fsst/src/array.rs b/encodings/fsst/src/array.rs
index ee59d79a8a5..b0d0020a339 100644
--- a/encodings/fsst/src/array.rs
+++ b/encodings/fsst/src/array.rs
@@ -278,8 +278,10 @@ impl VTable for FSST {
         };
 
         // Decompress the whole block of data into a new buffer, and create some views
-        // from it instead.
-        let (buffers, views) = fsst_decode_views(array, builder.completed_block_count(), ctx)?;
+        // from it instead. The new buffer lands after any pending in-progress
+        // buffer that push_buffer_and_adjusted_views will flush first.
+        let next_buffer_index = builder.completed_block_count() + u32::from(builder.in_progress());
+        let (buffers, views) = fsst_decode_views(array, next_buffer_index, ctx)?;
 
         builder.push_buffer_and_adjusted_views(&buffers, &views, array.array().validity_mask()?);
         Ok(())
diff --git a/encodings/fsst/src/canonical.rs b/encodings/fsst/src/canonical.rs
index b37a56f4613..14d06de20f4 100644
--- a/encodings/fsst/src/canonical.rs
+++ b/encodings/fsst/src/canonical.rs
@@ -192,4 +192,27 @@ mod tests {
         };
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_append_after_in_progress_buffer() -> VortexResult<()> {
+        let dtype = DType::Binary(Nullability::NonNullable);
+        let mut builder = VarBinViewBuilder::with_capacity(dtype.clone(), 2);
+        builder.append_value(b"long enough!!!");
+
+        let varbin = VarBinArray::from_iter(
+            [Some(b"long enough too".to_vec().into_boxed_slice())],
+            dtype,
+        );
+        let fsst_array = fsst_compress(
+            &varbin,
+            varbin.len(),
+            varbin.dtype(),
+            &fsst_train_compressor(&varbin),
+        )
+        .into_array();
+        fsst_array.append_to_builder(&mut builder, &mut SESSION.create_execution_ctx())?;
+
+        let _result = builder.finish_into_varbinview();
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/vortex-array/public-api.lock b/vortex-array/public-api.lock
index 11a6116e6f9..90690e706a0 100644
--- a/vortex-array/public-api.lock
+++ b/vortex-array/public-api.lock
@@ -7868,6 +7868,8 @@ pub fn vortex_array::builders::VarBinViewBuilder::completed_block_count(&self) -
 
 pub fn vortex_array::builders::VarBinViewBuilder::finish_into_varbinview(&mut self) -> vortex_array::arrays::VarBinViewArray
 
+pub fn vortex_array::builders::VarBinViewBuilder::in_progress(&self) -> bool
+
 pub fn vortex_array::builders::VarBinViewBuilder::new(dtype: vortex_array::dtype::DType, capacity: usize, completed: vortex_array::builders::CompletedBuffers, growth_strategy: vortex_array::builders::BufferGrowthStrategy, compaction_threshold: f64) -> Self
 
 pub fn vortex_array::builders::VarBinViewBuilder::push_buffer_and_adjusted_views(&mut self, buffers: &[vortex_buffer::ByteBuffer], views: &vortex_buffer::buffer::Buffer<vortex_array::arrays::varbinview::BinaryView>, validity_mask: vortex_mask::Mask)
diff --git a/vortex-array/src/builders/varbinview.rs b/vortex-array/src/builders/varbinview.rs
index 572be55d1b3..294ac5cd551 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/builders/varbinview.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/builders/varbinview.rs
@@ -165,6 +165,12 @@ impl VarBinViewBuilder {
         self.completed.len()
     }
 
+    /// Returns true if a non-empty in-progress buffer is staged (and would
+    /// become a completed buffer on the next flush), false otherwise.
+    pub fn in_progress(&self) -> bool {
+        !self.in_progress.is_empty()
+    }
+
     /// Pushes buffers and pre-adjusted views into the builder.
     ///
     /// The provided `buffers` contain sections of data from a `VarBinViewArray`, and the