diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/FixedSizeListVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/FixedSizeListVector.java
index 7ac9f3bd5137f..3d54e2c3be2b5 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/FixedSizeListVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/FixedSizeListVector.java
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
-import com.google.common.collect.ObjectArrays;
-
-import io.netty.buffer.ArrowBuf;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.OutOfMemoryException;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.AddOrGetResult;
@@ -38,6 +33,7 @@
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.BaseValueVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.BitVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.BufferBacked;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.BuffersIterator;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.FieldVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.ValueVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.ZeroVector;
@@ -53,6 +49,12 @@
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.SchemaChangeRuntimeException;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.TransferPair;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.common.collect.ObjectArrays;
+
+import io.netty.buffer.ArrowBuf;
+
 public class FixedSizeListVector extends BaseValueVector implements FieldVector, PromotableVector {
 
   private FieldVector vector;
@@ -120,6 +122,11 @@ public void loadFieldBuffers(ArrowFieldNode fieldNode, List<ArrowBuf> ownBuffers
     BaseDataValueVector.load(fieldNode, innerVectors, ownBuffers);
   }
 
+  public void loadFieldBuffers(BuffersIterator buffersIterator, ArrowBuf buf) {
+    // TODO: to be fixed in https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/508
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+  }
+
   @Override
   public List<ArrowBuf> getFieldBuffers() {
     return BaseDataValueVector.unload(innerVectors);