diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_arrow.py b/python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_arrow.py
index 22578cbe2e98c..f5b5ad9cdf214 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_arrow.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_arrow.py
@@ -183,6 +183,14 @@ def test_filtered_frame(self):
         self.assertEqual(pdf.columns[0], "i")
         self.assertTrue(pdf.empty)
 
+    def test_no_partition_frame(self):
+        schema = StructType([StructField("field1", StringType(), True)])
+        df = self.spark.createDataFrame(self.sc.emptyRDD(), schema)
+        pdf = df.toPandas()
+        self.assertEqual(len(pdf.columns), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(pdf.columns[0], "field1")
+        self.assertTrue(pdf.empty)
+
     def _createDataFrame_toggle(self, pdf, schema=None):
         with self.sql_conf({"spark.sql.execution.arrow.enabled": False}):
             df_no_arrow = self.spark.createDataFrame(pdf, schema=schema)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Dataset.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Dataset.scala
index 74cb3e627432c..99b9f35d25ea7 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Dataset.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Dataset.scala
@@ -3290,15 +3290,12 @@ class Dataset[T] private[sql](
       PythonRDD.serveToStream("serve-Arrow") { outputStream =>
         val out = new DataOutputStream(outputStream)
         val batchWriter = new ArrowBatchStreamWriter(schema, out, timeZoneId)
-        val arrowBatchRdd = toArrowBatchRdd(plan)
-        val numPartitions = arrowBatchRdd.partitions.length
 
         // Batches ordered by (index of partition, batch index in that partition) tuple
         val batchOrder = ArrayBuffer.empty[(Int, Int)]
-        var partitionCount = 0
 
         // Handler to eagerly write batches to Python as they arrive, un-ordered
-        def handlePartitionBatches(index: Int, arrowBatches: Array[Array[Byte]]): Unit = {
+        val handlePartitionBatches = (index: Int, arrowBatches: Array[Array[Byte]]) =>
           if (arrowBatches.nonEmpty) {
             // Write all batches (can be more than 1) in the partition, store the batch order tuple
             batchWriter.writeBatches(arrowBatches.iterator)
@@ -3306,27 +3303,22 @@ class Dataset[T] private[sql](
               partitionBatchIndex => batchOrder.append((index, partitionBatchIndex))
             }
           }
-          partitionCount += 1
-
-          // After last batch, end the stream and write batch order indices
-          if (partitionCount == numPartitions) {
-            batchWriter.end()
-            out.writeInt(batchOrder.length)
-            // Sort by (index of partition, batch index in that partition) tuple to get the
-            // overall_batch_index from 0 to N-1 batches, which can be used to put the
-            // transferred batches in the correct order
-            batchOrder.zipWithIndex.sortBy(_._1).foreach { case (_, overallBatchIndex) =>
-              out.writeInt(overallBatchIndex)
-            }
-            out.flush()
-          }
-        }
 
+        val arrowBatchRdd = toArrowBatchRdd(plan)
         sparkSession.sparkContext.runJob(
           arrowBatchRdd,
-          (ctx: TaskContext, it: Iterator[Array[Byte]]) => it.toArray,
-          0 until numPartitions,
+          (it: Iterator[Array[Byte]]) => it.toArray,
           handlePartitionBatches)
+
+        // After processing all partitions, end the stream and write batch order indices
+        batchWriter.end()
+        out.writeInt(batchOrder.length)
+        // Sort by (index of partition, batch index in that partition) tuple to get the
+        // overall_batch_index from 0 to N-1 batches, which can be used to put the
+        // transferred batches in the correct order
+        batchOrder.zipWithIndex.sortBy(_._1).foreach { case (_, overallBatchIndex) =>
+          out.writeInt(overallBatchIndex)
+        }
       }
     }
   }