diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/physical_planner.rs b/datafusion/core/src/physical_planner.rs
index 29eeef9e305e4..24e8ac6ea71b3 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/physical_planner.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/physical_planner.rs
@@ -1238,20 +1238,25 @@ impl DefaultPhysicalPlanner {
                     );
                 };
 
-                // GlobalLimitExec requires a single partition for input
-                let input = if input.output_partitioning().partition_count() == 1 {
-                    input
+                if let Some(0) = fetch {
+                    // Return an empty exec node if the number of requested rows is 0
+                    Arc::new(EmptyExec::new(input.schema()))
                 } else {
-                    // Apply a LocalLimitExec to each partition. The optimizer will also insert
-                    // a CoalescePartitionsExec between the GlobalLimitExec and LocalLimitExec
-                    if let Some(fetch) = fetch {
-                        Arc::new(LocalLimitExec::new(input, fetch + skip))
-                    } else {
+                    // GlobalLimitExec requires a single partition for input
+                    let input = if input.output_partitioning().partition_count() == 1 {
                         input
-                    }
-                };
+                    } else {
+                        // Apply a LocalLimitExec to each partition. The optimizer will also insert
+                        // a CoalescePartitionsExec between the GlobalLimitExec and LocalLimitExec
+                        if let Some(fetch) = fetch {
+                            Arc::new(LocalLimitExec::new(input, fetch + skip))
+                        } else {
+                            input
+                        }
+                    };
 
-                Arc::new(GlobalLimitExec::new(input, skip, fetch))
+                    Arc::new(GlobalLimitExec::new(input, skip, fetch))
+                }
             }
             LogicalPlan::Unnest(Unnest {
                 list_type_columns,