diff --git a/arrow-data/src/equal/mod.rs b/arrow-data/src/equal/mod.rs
index 7a310b1240df..b241b8cf6641 100644
--- a/arrow-data/src/equal/mod.rs
+++ b/arrow-data/src/equal/mod.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 //! depend on dynamic casting of `Array`.
 
 use crate::data::ArrayData;
-use arrow_buffer::i256;
+use arrow_buffer::{IntervalMonthDayNano, i256};
 use arrow_schema::{DataType, IntervalUnit};
 use half::f16;
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ fn equal_values(
         | DataType::Timestamp(_, _)
         | DataType::Duration(_) => primitive_equal::<i64>(lhs, rhs, lhs_start, rhs_start, len),
         DataType::Interval(IntervalUnit::MonthDayNano) => {
-            primitive_equal::<i128>(lhs, rhs, lhs_start, rhs_start, len)
+            primitive_equal::<IntervalMonthDayNano>(lhs, rhs, lhs_start, rhs_start, len)
         }
         DataType::Utf8 | DataType::Binary => {
             variable_sized_equal::<i32>(lhs, rhs, lhs_start, rhs_start, len)
diff --git a/arrow-data/src/transform/mod.rs b/arrow-data/src/transform/mod.rs
index 66f6603f02fc..df9a22b83991 100644
--- a/arrow-data/src/transform/mod.rs
+++ b/arrow-data/src/transform/mod.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 use super::{ArrayData, ArrayDataBuilder, ByteView, data::new_buffers};
 use crate::bit_mask::set_bits;
 use arrow_buffer::buffer::{BooleanBuffer, NullBuffer};
-use arrow_buffer::{ArrowNativeType, Buffer, MutableBuffer, bit_util, i256};
+use arrow_buffer::{ArrowNativeType, Buffer, IntervalMonthDayNano, MutableBuffer, bit_util, i256};
 use arrow_schema::{ArrowError, DataType, IntervalUnit, UnionMode};
 use half::f16;
 use num_integer::Integer;
@@ -257,7 +257,9 @@ fn build_extend(array: &ArrayData) -> Extend<'_> {
         | DataType::Timestamp(_, _)
         | DataType::Duration(_)
         | DataType::Interval(IntervalUnit::DayTime) => primitive::build_extend::<i64>(array),
-        DataType::Interval(IntervalUnit::MonthDayNano) => primitive::build_extend::<i128>(array),
+        DataType::Interval(IntervalUnit::MonthDayNano) => {
+            primitive::build_extend::<IntervalMonthDayNano>(array)
+        }
         DataType::Decimal32(_, _) => primitive::build_extend::<i32>(array),
         DataType::Decimal64(_, _) => primitive::build_extend::<i64>(array),
         DataType::Decimal128(_, _) => primitive::build_extend::<i128>(array),
@@ -304,7 +306,9 @@ fn build_extend_nulls(data_type: &DataType) -> ExtendNulls {
         | DataType::Timestamp(_, _)
         | DataType::Duration(_)
         | DataType::Interval(IntervalUnit::DayTime) => primitive::extend_nulls::<i64>,
-        DataType::Interval(IntervalUnit::MonthDayNano) => primitive::extend_nulls::<i128>,
+        DataType::Interval(IntervalUnit::MonthDayNano) => {
+            primitive::extend_nulls::<IntervalMonthDayNano>
+        }
         DataType::Decimal32(_, _) => primitive::extend_nulls::<i32>,
         DataType::Decimal64(_, _) => primitive::extend_nulls::<i64>,
         DataType::Decimal128(_, _) => primitive::extend_nulls::<i128>,
diff --git a/arrow/tests/array_transform.rs b/arrow/tests/array_transform.rs
index c24d0992a473..0dd4dd5f5e9b 100644
--- a/arrow/tests/array_transform.rs
+++ b/arrow/tests/array_transform.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use arrow::array::{
     MapBuilder, NullArray, StringArray, StringBuilder, StringDictionaryBuilder, StructArray,
     UInt8Array, UInt16Array, UInt16Builder, UnionArray,
 };
-use arrow::datatypes::Int16Type;
+use arrow::datatypes::{Int16Type, IntervalMonthDayNanoType};
 use arrow_array::StringViewArray;
 use arrow_buffer::{Buffer, ScalarBuffer};
 use arrow_data::ArrayData;
@@ -1239,3 +1239,23 @@ fn test_extend_nulls_dense_union() {
     // Second child (str) should have 1 entry from extend
     assert_eq!(result_array.child(1).len(), 1);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_interval_month_day_nano_aligned_to_8() {
+    let ty = DataType::Interval(arrow_schema::IntervalUnit::MonthDayNano);
+
+    let offset = 8;
+    let mut buffer = arrow_buffer::MutableBuffer::new(0);
+    buffer.extend_zeros(offset);
+    buffer.push(IntervalMonthDayNanoType::make_value(0, 0, 0));
+    let buffer = Buffer::from(buffer).slice(offset);
+
+    let b = ArrayData::builder(ty.clone())
+        .add_buffer(buffer)
+        .align_buffers(true) // no alignment should be done
+        .build()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    // roundtripping through arraydata shouldnt panic
+    MutableArrayData::new(vec![&b], false, 0);
+}