diff --git a/be/src/core/column/column_variant.cpp b/be/src/core/column/column_variant.cpp
index 88cd501acb3bf6..f9e7282de229c0 100644
--- a/be/src/core/column/column_variant.cpp
+++ b/be/src/core/column/column_variant.cpp
@@ -458,6 +458,10 @@ void ColumnVariant::Subcolumn::insert_range_from(const Subcolumn& src, size_t st
     if (pos < src.data.size() && processed_rows < end) {
         size_t part_end = end - processed_rows;
         insert_from_part(src.data[pos], src.data_types[pos], 0, part_end);
+        processed_rows = end;
+    }
+    if (processed_rows < end) {
+        data.back()->insert_many_defaults(end - processed_rows);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/be/test/core/column/column_variant_test.cpp b/be/test/core/column/column_variant_test.cpp
index dff9e2c0ae5a77..1cf0d71a7c1427 100644
--- a/be/test/core/column/column_variant_test.cpp
+++ b/be/test/core/column/column_variant_test.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "core/column/subcolumn_tree.h"
 #include "core/data_type/data_type_array.h"
 #include "core/data_type/data_type_factory.hpp"
+#include "core/data_type/data_type_number.h"
 #include "core/data_type/define_primitive_type.h"
 #include "core/field.h"
 #include "core/string_ref.h"
@@ -1061,6 +1062,33 @@ TEST_F(ColumnVariantTest, test_insert_indices_from) {
     }
 }
 
+TEST_F(ColumnVariantTest, insert_range_from_materializes_pending_default_suffix) {
+    auto nested = ColumnInt64::create();
+    nested->insert_value(7);
+    auto null_map = ColumnUInt8::create();
+    null_map->insert_value(0);
+
+    auto root_type = make_nullable(std::make_shared<DataTypeInt64>());
+    auto root_column = ColumnNullable::create(std::move(nested), std::move(null_map));
+    ColumnVariant::Subcolumn root(std::move(root_column), root_type, true, true);
+    root.increment_default_counter();
+
+    ColumnVariant::Subcolumns subcolumns;
+    subcolumns.create_root(std::move(root));
+    auto src = ColumnVariant::create(0, false, std::move(subcolumns));
+    EXPECT_EQ(src->size(), 2);
+
+    auto dst = ColumnVariant::create(0, false);
+    dst->insert_range_from(*src, 0, 2);
+    dst->finalize();
+
+    const auto& copied_root =
+            assert_cast<const ColumnNullable&>(*static_cast<const ColumnVariant&>(*dst).get_root());
+    EXPECT_EQ(copied_root.size(), 2);
+    EXPECT_EQ(copied_root.get_null_map_data()[0], 0);
+    EXPECT_EQ(copied_root.get_null_map_data()[1], 1);
+}
+
 TEST_F(ColumnVariantTest, is_variable_length) {
     EXPECT_TRUE(column_variant->is_variable_length());
 }