diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/vectorized/WritableColumnVector.java b/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/vectorized/WritableColumnVector.java
index 8b2fc7f5db31e..10594d6c5d340 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/vectorized/WritableColumnVector.java
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/vectorized/WritableColumnVector.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public void reset() {
       numNulls = 0;
     }
 
-    if (hugeVectorThreshold > 0 && capacity > hugeVectorThreshold) {
+    if (hugeVectorThreshold > -1 && capacity > hugeVectorThreshold) {
       capacity = defaultCapacity;
       releaseMemory();
       reserveInternal(capacity);