diff --git a/velox/vector/arrow/Bridge.cpp b/velox/vector/arrow/Bridge.cpp
index b6148a20f89f..6522ab9f18fc 100644
--- a/velox/vector/arrow/Bridge.cpp
+++ b/velox/vector/arrow/Bridge.cpp
@@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ const char* exportArrowFormatStr(
       return "u"; // utf-8 string
     case TypeKind::VARBINARY:
       return "z"; // binary
+    case TypeKind::UNKNOWN:
+      return "n"; // NullType
 
     case TypeKind::TIMESTAMP:
       return "ttn"; // time64 [nanoseconds]
@@ -259,8 +261,6 @@ const char* exportArrowFormatStr(
       return "+m"; // map
     case TypeKind::ROW:
       return "+s"; // struct
-    case TypeKind::UNKNOWN:
-      return "n";
 
     default:
       VELOX_NYI("Unable to map type '{}' to ArrowSchema.", type->kind());
diff --git a/velox/vector/arrow/tests/ArrowBridgeSchemaTest.cpp b/velox/vector/arrow/tests/ArrowBridgeSchemaTest.cpp
index d39f378c526b..a880d93f1a97 100644
--- a/velox/vector/arrow/tests/ArrowBridgeSchemaTest.cpp
+++ b/velox/vector/arrow/tests/ArrowBridgeSchemaTest.cpp
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ TEST_F(ArrowBridgeSchemaExportTest, scalar) {
 
   testScalarType(DECIMAL(10, 4), "d:10,4");
   testScalarType(DECIMAL(20, 15), "d:20,15");
+
+  testScalarType(UNKNOWN(), "n");
 }
 
 TEST_F(ArrowBridgeSchemaExportTest, nested) {
@@ -238,25 +240,14 @@ TEST_F(ArrowBridgeSchemaExportTest, constant) {
   testConstant(DOUBLE(), "g");
   testConstant(VARCHAR(), "u");
   testConstant(DATE(), "tdD");
+  testConstant(UNKNOWN(), "n");
 
   testConstant(ARRAY(INTEGER()), "+l");
+  testConstant(ARRAY(UNKNOWN()), "+l");
   testConstant(MAP(BOOLEAN(), REAL()), "+m");
+  testConstant(MAP(UNKNOWN(), REAL()), "+m");
   testConstant(ROW({TIMESTAMP(), DOUBLE()}), "+s");
-}
-
-TEST_F(ArrowBridgeSchemaExportTest, unsupported) {
-  GTEST_SKIP() << "Skipping it, cause unknown type supported";
-  // Try some combination of unsupported types to ensure there's no crash or
-  // memory leak in failure scenarios.
-  EXPECT_THROW(testScalarType(UNKNOWN(), ""), VeloxException);
-
-  EXPECT_THROW(testScalarType(ARRAY(UNKNOWN()), ""), VeloxException);
-  EXPECT_THROW(testScalarType(MAP(UNKNOWN(), INTEGER()), ""), VeloxException);
-  EXPECT_THROW(testScalarType(MAP(BIGINT(), UNKNOWN()), ""), VeloxException);
-
-  EXPECT_THROW(testScalarType(ROW({BIGINT(), UNKNOWN()}), ""), VeloxException);
-  EXPECT_THROW(
-      testScalarType(ROW({BIGINT(), REAL(), UNKNOWN()}), ""), VeloxException);
+  testConstant(ROW({UNKNOWN(), UNKNOWN()}), "+s");
 }
 
 class ArrowBridgeSchemaImportTest : public ArrowBridgeSchemaExportTest {