diff --git a/arrow/memory/buffer.go b/arrow/memory/buffer.go
index 592da70c6..8893d1b55 100644
--- a/arrow/memory/buffer.go
+++ b/arrow/memory/buffer.go
@@ -95,12 +95,25 @@ func (b *Buffer) Release() {
 	}
 }
 
-// Reset resets the buffer for reuse.
+// Reset resets the buffer for reuse. If the buffer owns memory through an
+// allocator, the supplied data is copied into allocator-owned storage.
 func (b *Buffer) Reset(buf []byte) {
 	if b.parent != nil {
 		b.parent.Release()
 		b.parent = nil
 	}
+
+	if b.mem != nil {
+		if len(buf) <= len(b.buf) {
+			copy(b.buf, buf)
+			b.Resize(len(buf))
+			return
+		}
+		b.Resize(len(buf))
+		copy(b.buf, buf)
+		return
+	}
+
 	b.buf = buf
 	b.length = len(buf)
 }
diff --git a/arrow/memory/buffer_test.go b/arrow/memory/buffer_test.go
index f8dccf0ba..549d57c43 100644
--- a/arrow/memory/buffer_test.go
+++ b/arrow/memory/buffer_test.go
@@ -17,12 +17,26 @@
 package memory_test
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/apache/arrow-go/v18/arrow/memory"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
+type movingAllocator struct{}
+
+func (*movingAllocator) Allocate(size int) []byte { return make([]byte, size) }
+
+func (*movingAllocator) Reallocate(size int, old []byte) []byte {
+	next := make([]byte, size)
+	copy(next, old)
+	clear(old)
+	return next
+}
+
+func (*movingAllocator) Free([]byte) {}
+
 func TestNewResizableBuffer(t *testing.T) {
 	mem := memory.NewCheckedAllocator(memory.NewGoAllocator())
 	defer mem.AssertSize(t, 0)
@@ -49,11 +63,31 @@ func TestBufferReset(t *testing.T) {
 	defer mem.AssertSize(t, 0)
 
 	buf := memory.NewResizableBuffer(mem)
+	buf.Resize(64)
 
 	newBytes := []byte("some-new-bytes")
 	buf.Reset(newBytes)
 	assert.Equal(t, newBytes, buf.Bytes())
 	assert.Equal(t, len(newBytes), buf.Len())
+	assert.Equal(t, 64, mem.CurrentAlloc())
+
+	newBytes[0] = 'S'
+	assert.Equal(t, byte('s'), buf.Bytes()[0])
+
+	grownBytes := bytes.Repeat([]byte("g"), 96)
+	buf.Reset(grownBytes)
+	assert.Equal(t, grownBytes, buf.Bytes())
+	assert.Equal(t, 96, buf.Len())
+	assert.Equal(t, 128, mem.CurrentAlloc())
+
+	grownBytes[0] = 'G'
+	assert.Equal(t, byte('g'), buf.Bytes()[0])
+
+	buf.Reset(nil)
+	assert.Empty(t, buf.Bytes())
+	assert.Zero(t, mem.CurrentAlloc())
+
+	buf.Release()
 }
 
 func TestBufferSlice(t *testing.T) {
@@ -69,3 +103,18 @@ func TestBufferSlice(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 1024, mem.CurrentAlloc())
 	slice.Release()
 }
+
+func TestBufferResetFromOwnedSlice(t *testing.T) {
+	mem := memory.NewCheckedAllocator(&movingAllocator{})
+	defer mem.AssertSize(t, 0)
+
+	buf := memory.NewResizableBuffer(mem)
+	buf.Resize(128)
+	copy(buf.Bytes(), bytes.Repeat([]byte("0123456789abcdef"), 8))
+
+	want := bytes.Clone(buf.Bytes()[32:64])
+	buf.Reset(buf.Bytes()[32:64])
+	assert.Equal(t, want, buf.Bytes())
+
+	buf.Release()
+}