diff --git a/csharp/src/Apache.Arrow.Flight/FlightInfo.cs b/csharp/src/Apache.Arrow.Flight/FlightInfo.cs
index 16ddb6fbfb834..e2452ac9ff461 100644
--- a/csharp/src/Apache.Arrow.Flight/FlightInfo.cs
+++ b/csharp/src/Apache.Arrow.Flight/FlightInfo.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 using System.Text;
 using Apache.Arrow.Flight.Internal;
 using Apache.Arrow.Ipc;
+using Google.Protobuf;
 
 namespace Apache.Arrow.Flight
 {
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ public class FlightInfo
     {
         internal FlightInfo(Protocol.FlightInfo flightInfo)
         {
-            Schema = FlightMessageSerializer.DecodeSchema(flightInfo.Schema.Memory);
+            Schema = flightInfo.Schema?.Length > 0 ? FlightMessageSerializer.DecodeSchema(flightInfo.Schema.Memory) : null;
             Descriptor = new FlightDescriptor(flightInfo.FlightDescriptor);
 
             var endpoints = new List<FlightEndpoint>();
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ public FlightInfo(Schema schema, FlightDescriptor descriptor, IReadOnlyList<Flig
 
         internal Protocol.FlightInfo ToProtocol()
         {
-            var serializedSchema = SchemaWriter.SerializeSchema(Schema);
+            var serializedSchema = Schema != null ? SchemaWriter.SerializeSchema(Schema) : ByteString.Empty;
             var response = new Protocol.FlightInfo()
             {
                 Schema = serializedSchema,
diff --git a/csharp/test/Apache.Arrow.Flight.Tests/FlightTests.cs b/csharp/test/Apache.Arrow.Flight.Tests/FlightTests.cs
index 8bf6e1120c6d3..0e82673d02240 100644
--- a/csharp/test/Apache.Arrow.Flight.Tests/FlightTests.cs
+++ b/csharp/test/Apache.Arrow.Flight.Tests/FlightTests.cs
@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ private FlightInfo GivenStoreBatches(FlightDescriptor flightDescriptor, params R
         {
             var initialBatch = batches.FirstOrDefault();
 
-            var flightHolder = new FlightHolder(flightDescriptor, initialBatch.RecordBatch.Schema, _testWebFactory.GetAddress());
+            var flightHolder = new FlightHolder(flightDescriptor, initialBatch?.RecordBatch.Schema, _testWebFactory.GetAddress());
 
             foreach (var batch in batches)
             {
                 flightHolder.AddBatch(batch);
             }
 
-            _flightStore.Flights.Add(flightDescriptor, flightHolder);
+            _flightStore.Flights[flightDescriptor] = flightHolder;
 
             return flightHolder.GetFlightInfo();
         }
@@ -124,6 +124,31 @@ public async Task TestPutTwoRecordBatches()
             ArrowReaderVerifier.CompareBatches(expectedBatch2, actualBatches[1].RecordBatch);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task TestGetRecordBatchWithDelayedSchema()
+        {
+            var flightDescriptor = FlightDescriptor.CreatePathDescriptor("test");
+            var expectedBatch = CreateTestBatch(0, 100);
+
+            //Add flight info only to the in memory store without schema or batch
+            GivenStoreBatches(flightDescriptor);
+
+            //Get the flight info for the ticket and verify the schema is null
+            var flightInfo = await _flightClient.GetInfo(flightDescriptor);
+            Assert.Single(flightInfo.Endpoints);
+            Assert.Null(flightInfo.Schema);
+
+            var endpoint = flightInfo.Endpoints.FirstOrDefault();
+
+            //Update the store with the batch and schema
+            GivenStoreBatches(flightDescriptor, new RecordBatchWithMetadata(expectedBatch));
+            var getStream = _flightClient.GetStream(endpoint.Ticket);
+            var resultList = await getStream.ResponseStream.ToListAsync();
+
+            Assert.Single(resultList);
+            ArrowReaderVerifier.CompareBatches(expectedBatch, resultList[0]);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public async Task TestGetSingleRecordBatch()
         {