diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/SingleBufferInputStream.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/SingleBufferInputStream.java
index 50431faf7e95..20c0701dc3f2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/SingleBufferInputStream.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/SingleBufferInputStream.java
@@ -115,6 +115,14 @@ public long skip(long len) {
 
   @Override
   public int read(ByteBuffer out) {
+    if (!out.hasRemaining()) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (!buffer.hasRemaining()) {
+      return -1;
+    }
+
     int bytesToCopy;
     ByteBuffer copyBuffer;
     if (buffer.remaining() <= out.remaining()) {
@@ -130,7 +138,6 @@ public int read(ByteBuffer out) {
     }
 
     out.put(copyBuffer);
-    out.flip();
 
     return bytesToCopy;
   }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/TestByteBufferInputStreams.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/TestByteBufferInputStreams.java
index fd2bd6a9d3a5..0061e0abd156 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/TestByteBufferInputStreams.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/TestByteBufferInputStreams.java
@@ -172,6 +172,32 @@ public void testReadByte() throws Exception {
     checkOriginalData();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testReadByteBuffer() throws Exception {
+    ByteBufferInputStream stream = newStream();
+    ByteBuffer destination = ByteBuffer.allocate(12);
+    destination.position(2);
+    destination.limit(10);
+
+    assertThat(stream.read(destination)).as("Should fill the destination").isEqualTo(8);
+    assertThat(destination.position()).as("Should advance the destination position").isEqualTo(10);
+    assertThat(destination.limit()).as("Should preserve the destination limit").isEqualTo(10);
+
+    destination.flip();
+    destination.position(2);
+    for (int i = 0; i < 8; i += 1) {
+      assertThat(destination.get()).as("Byte i should be i").isEqualTo((byte) i);
+    }
+
+    ByteBuffer full = ByteBuffer.allocate(0);
+    assertThat(stream.read(full)).as("Should read 0 bytes into a full destination").isEqualTo(0);
+
+    stream.skipFully(stream.available());
+    assertThat(stream.read(ByteBuffer.allocate(1))).as("Should return -1 at EOF").isEqualTo(-1);
+
+    checkOriginalData();
+  }
+
   @Test
   @SuppressWarnings("LocalVariableName")
   public void testSlice() throws Exception {