diff --git a/dev/provision.py b/dev/provision.py
index b358da6593..5b198ce94b 100644
--- a/dev/provision.py
+++ b/dev/provision.py
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@
     CREATE TABLE {catalog_name}.default.test_table_empty_list_and_map (
         col_list             array<int>,
         col_map              map<int, int>,
+        col_struct           struct<test:int>,
         col_list_with_struct array<struct<test:int>>
     )
     USING iceberg
@@ -340,8 +341,8 @@
     spark.sql(
         f"""
     INSERT INTO {catalog_name}.default.test_table_empty_list_and_map
-    VALUES (null, null, null),
-           (array(), map(), array(struct(1)))
+    VALUES (null, null, null, null),
+           (array(), map(), struct(1), array(struct(1)))
     """
     )
 
diff --git a/pyiceberg/schema.py b/pyiceberg/schema.py
index 7f6cfe9987..da25a42116 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/schema.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/schema.py
@@ -1199,6 +1199,7 @@ class _BuildPositionAccessors(SchemaVisitor[Dict[Position, Accessor]]):
         ...     1: Accessor(position=1, inner=None),
         ...     5: Accessor(position=2, inner=Accessor(position=0, inner=None)),
         ...     6: Accessor(position=2, inner=Accessor(position=1, inner=None))
+        ...     3: Accessor(position=2, inner=None),
         ... }
         >>> result == expected
         True
@@ -1214,8 +1215,7 @@ def struct(self, struct: StructType, field_results: List[Dict[Position, Accessor
             if field_results[position]:
                 for inner_field_id, acc in field_results[position].items():
                     result[inner_field_id] = Accessor(position, inner=acc)
-            else:
-                result[field.field_id] = Accessor(position)
+            result[field.field_id] = Accessor(position)
 
         return result
 
diff --git a/tests/expressions/test_expressions.py b/tests/expressions/test_expressions.py
index 4926b70121..12d9ff95a9 100644
--- a/tests/expressions/test_expressions.py
+++ b/tests/expressions/test_expressions.py
@@ -168,6 +168,23 @@ def test_notnull_bind_required() -> None:
     assert NotNull(Reference("a")).bind(schema) == AlwaysTrue()
 
 
+def test_notnull_bind_top_struct() -> None:
+    schema = Schema(
+        NestedField(
+            3,
+            "struct_col",
+            required=False,
+            field_type=StructType(
+                NestedField(1, "id", IntegerType(), required=True),
+                NestedField(2, "cost", DecimalType(38, 18), required=False),
+            ),
+        ),
+        schema_id=1,
+    )
+    bound = BoundNotNull(BoundReference(schema.find_field(3), schema.accessor_for_field(3)))
+    assert NotNull(Reference("struct_col")).bind(schema) == bound
+
+
 def test_isnan_inverse() -> None:
     assert ~IsNaN(Reference("f")) == NotNaN(Reference("f"))
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_reads.py b/tests/integration/test_reads.py
index 1eb3500a17..fd6a87fb46 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_reads.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_reads.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     LessThan,
     NotEqualTo,
     NotNaN,
+    NotNull,
 )
 from pyiceberg.io import PYARROW_USE_LARGE_TYPES_ON_READ
 from pyiceberg.io.pyarrow import (
@@ -668,6 +669,24 @@ def test_filter_case_insensitive(catalog: Catalog) -> None:
     assert arrow_table["b"].to_pylist() == ["2"]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.integration
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("catalog", [pytest.lazy_fixture("session_catalog_hive"), pytest.lazy_fixture("session_catalog")])
+def test_filters_on_top_level_struct(catalog: Catalog) -> None:
+    test_empty_struct = catalog.load_table("default.test_table_empty_list_and_map")
+
+    arrow_table = test_empty_struct.scan().to_arrow()
+    assert None in arrow_table["col_struct"].to_pylist()
+
+    arrow_table = test_empty_struct.scan(row_filter=NotNull("col_struct")).to_arrow()
+    assert arrow_table["col_struct"].to_pylist() == [{"test": 1}]
+
+    arrow_table = test_empty_struct.scan(row_filter="col_struct is not null", case_sensitive=False).to_arrow()
+    assert arrow_table["col_struct"].to_pylist() == [{"test": 1}]
+
+    arrow_table = test_empty_struct.scan(row_filter="COL_STRUCT is null", case_sensitive=False).to_arrow()
+    assert arrow_table["col_struct"].to_pylist() == [None]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.integration
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("catalog", [pytest.lazy_fixture("session_catalog_hive"), pytest.lazy_fixture("session_catalog")])
 def test_upgrade_table_version(catalog: Catalog) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/test_schema.py b/tests/test_schema.py
index daa46dee1f..61c64e71fc 100644
--- a/tests/test_schema.py
+++ b/tests/test_schema.py
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ def test_build_position_accessors(table_schema_nested: Schema) -> None:
         4: Accessor(position=3, inner=None),
         6: Accessor(position=4, inner=None),
         11: Accessor(position=5, inner=None),
+        15: Accessor(position=6, inner=None),
         16: Accessor(position=6, inner=Accessor(position=0, inner=None)),
         17: Accessor(position=6, inner=Accessor(position=1, inner=None)),
     }
@@ -925,7 +926,7 @@ def primitive_fields() -> List[NestedField]:
     ]
 
 
-def test_add_top_level_primitives(primitive_fields: NestedField) -> None:
+def test_add_top_level_primitives(primitive_fields: List[NestedField]) -> None:
     for primitive_field in primitive_fields:
         new_schema = Schema(primitive_field)
         applied = UpdateSchema(transaction=None, schema=Schema()).union_by_name(new_schema)._apply()  # type: ignore