diff --git a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/DeltaLakeMetadata.java b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/DeltaLakeMetadata.java
index f8c6829aa2a6d..c900722f425bc 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/DeltaLakeMetadata.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/DeltaLakeMetadata.java
@@ -3185,7 +3185,7 @@ private static DeltaLakeColumnStatistics createDeltaLakeColumnStatistics(Map<Col
     private static OptionalLong getLongValue(Block block)
     {
         if (block.isNull(0)) {
-            return OptionalLong.of(0);
+            return OptionalLong.empty();
         }
         return OptionalLong.of(BIGINT.getLong(block, 0));
     }