diff --git a/arrow-arith/src/arithmetic.rs b/arrow-arith/src/arithmetic.rs
index 9d6ab5379bcc..755b9df212fc 100644
--- a/arrow-arith/src/arithmetic.rs
+++ b/arrow-arith/src/arithmetic.rs
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ fn math_checked_divide_op_on_iters<T, F>(
     left: impl Iterator<Item = Option<T::Native>>,
     right: impl Iterator<Item = Option<T::Native>>,
     op: F,
-    nulls: Option<NullBuffer>,
+    nulls: Option<arrow_buffer::NullBuffer>,
 ) -> Result<PrimitiveArray<T>, ArrowError>
 where
     T: ArrowNumericType,
     F: Fn(T::Native, T::Native) -> Result<T::Native, ArrowError>,
 {
-    let buffer = if null_bit_buffer.is_some() {
+    let buffer = if nulls.is_some() {
         let values = left.zip(right).map(|(left, right)| {
             if let (Some(l), Some(r)) = (left, right) {
                 op(l, r)
@@ -272,17 +272,16 @@ where
     }
 
     // Create the combined `Bitmap`
-    let nulls = NullBuffer::union(left.nulls(), right.nulls());
+    let nulls = arrow_buffer::NullBuffer::union(left.nulls(), right.nulls());
 
     let lanes = T::lanes();
     let buffer_size = left.len() * std::mem::size_of::<T::Native>();
     let mut result =
         arrow_buffer::MutableBuffer::new(buffer_size).with_bitset(buffer_size, false);
 
-    match &null_bit_buffer {
+    match &nulls {
         Some(b) => {
-            // combine_option_bitmap returns a slice or new buffer starting at 0
-            let valid_chunks = b.bit_chunks(0, left.len());
+            let valid_chunks = b.inner().bit_chunks();
 
             // process data in chunks of 64 elements since we also get 64 bits of validity information at a time
 
@@ -602,7 +601,7 @@ where
         )));
     }
 
-    let nulls = NullBuffer::union(left.nulls(), right.nulls());
+    let nulls = arrow_buffer::NullBuffer::union(left.nulls(), right.nulls());
 
     // Safety justification: Since the inputs are valid Arrow arrays, all values are
     // valid indexes into the dictionary (which is verified during construction)
diff --git a/arrow-arith/src/boolean.rs b/arrow-arith/src/boolean.rs
index a73987323eb7..eaef1378258b 100644
--- a/arrow-arith/src/boolean.rs
+++ b/arrow-arith/src/boolean.rs
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ pub fn is_null(input: &dyn Array) -> Result<BooleanArray, ArrowError> {
 pub fn is_not_null(input: &dyn Array) -> Result<BooleanArray, ArrowError> {
     let len = input.len();
 
-    let output = match input.data_ref().nulls() {
+    let output = match input.nulls() {
         None => {
             let len_bytes = ceil(len, 8);
             MutableBuffer::new(len_bytes)
diff --git a/arrow-array/src/array/dictionary_array.rs b/arrow-array/src/array/dictionary_array.rs
index ee58a485c71c..ef8e695784b4 100644
--- a/arrow-array/src/array/dictionary_array.rs
+++ b/arrow-array/src/array/dictionary_array.rs
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ impl<K: ArrowDictionaryKeyType> DictionaryArray<K> {
 
     /// Returns a clone of the value type of this list.
     pub fn value_type(&self) -> DataType {
-        self.values.data_ref().data_type().clone()
+        self.values.data_type().clone()
     }
 
     /// The length of the dictionary is the length of the keys array.
diff --git a/arrow-array/src/array/fixed_size_binary_array.rs b/arrow-array/src/array/fixed_size_binary_array.rs
index 062961a20abb..af51ff787722 100644
--- a/arrow-array/src/array/fixed_size_binary_array.rs
+++ b/arrow-array/src/array/fixed_size_binary_array.rs
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ impl From<FixedSizeListArray> for FixedSizeBinaryArray {
             .len(v.len())
             .offset(v.offset())
             .add_buffer(child_data.buffers()[0].slice(child_data.offset()))
-            .nulls(v.data_ref().nulls().cloned());
+            .nulls(v.nulls().cloned());
 
         let data = unsafe { builder.build_unchecked() };
         Self::from(data)
diff --git a/arrow-array/src/array/fixed_size_list_array.rs b/arrow-array/src/array/fixed_size_list_array.rs
index 7d65927cdeec..0910e2944f76 100644
--- a/arrow-array/src/array/fixed_size_list_array.rs
+++ b/arrow-array/src/array/fixed_size_list_array.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ impl FixedSizeListArray {
 
     /// Returns a clone of the value type of this list.
     pub fn value_type(&self) -> DataType {
-        self.values.data_ref().data_type().clone()
+        self.values.data_type().clone()
     }
 
     /// Returns ith value of this list array.
diff --git a/arrow-array/src/array/list_array.rs b/arrow-array/src/array/list_array.rs
index dca256008db2..c7e2a817ba33 100644
--- a/arrow-array/src/array/list_array.rs
+++ b/arrow-array/src/array/list_array.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ impl<OffsetSize: OffsetSizeTrait> GenericListArray<OffsetSize> {
 
     /// Returns a clone of the value type of this list.
     pub fn value_type(&self) -> DataType {
-        self.values.data_ref().data_type().clone()
+        self.values.data_type().clone()
     }
 
     /// Returns ith value of this list array.
diff --git a/arrow-array/src/array/null_array.rs b/arrow-array/src/array/null_array.rs
index fba6e41e871d..3d65e9e9ebad 100644
--- a/arrow-array/src/array/null_array.rs
+++ b/arrow-array/src/array/null_array.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ impl Array for NullArray {
     /// Returns the total number of null values in this array.
     /// The null count of a `NullArray` always equals its length.
     fn null_count(&self) -> usize {
-        self.data_ref().len()
+        self.len()
     }
 }