diff --git a/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_chunking.cu b/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_chunking.cu
index 1bfe5745b9e..e0cb2fbb4f4 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_chunking.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_chunking.cu
@@ -253,13 +253,15 @@ struct set_row_index {
   device_span<ColumnChunkDesc const> chunks;
   device_span<PageInfo const> pages;
   device_span<cumulative_page_info> c_info;
+  size_t max_row;
 
   __device__ void operator()(size_t i)
   {
-    auto const& page            = pages[i];
-    auto const& chunk           = chunks[page.chunk_idx];
-    size_t const page_start_row = chunk.start_row + page.chunk_row + page.num_rows;
-    c_info[i].row_index         = page_start_row;
+    auto const& page          = pages[i];
+    auto const& chunk         = chunks[page.chunk_idx];
+    size_t const page_end_row = chunk.start_row + page.chunk_row + page.num_rows;
+    // if we have been passed in a cap, apply it
+    c_info[i].row_index = max_row > 0 ? min(max_row, page_end_row) : page_end_row;
   }
 };
 
@@ -1288,7 +1290,7 @@ void reader::impl::setup_next_subpass(bool uses_custom_row_bounds)
     thrust::for_each(rmm::exec_policy_nosync(_stream),
                      iter,
                      iter + pass.pages.size(),
-                     set_row_index{pass.chunks, pass.pages, c_info});
+                     set_row_index{pass.chunks, pass.pages, c_info, 0});
     // print_cumulative_page_info(pass.pages, pass.chunks, c_info, _stream);
 
     // get the next batch of pages
@@ -1533,10 +1535,15 @@ void reader::impl::compute_output_chunks_for_subpass()
                                 thrust::equal_to{},
                                 cumulative_page_sum{});
   auto iter = thrust::make_counting_iterator(0);
+  // cap the max row in all pages by the max row we expect in the subpass. input chunking
+  // can cause "dangling" row counts where for example, only 1 column has a page whose
+  // maximum row is beyond our expected subpass max row, which will cause an out of
+  // bounds index in compute_page_splits_by_row.
+  auto const subpass_max_row = subpass.skip_rows + subpass.num_rows;
   thrust::for_each(rmm::exec_policy_nosync(_stream),
                    iter,
                    iter + subpass.pages.size(),
-                   set_row_index{pass.chunks, subpass.pages, c_info});
+                   set_row_index{pass.chunks, subpass.pages, c_info, subpass_max_row});
   // print_cumulative_page_info(subpass.pages, c_info, _stream);
 
   // compute the splits