diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/datasource/physical_plan/parquet/mod.rs b/datafusion/core/src/datasource/physical_plan/parquet/mod.rs
index 655c58a3835d..3da618a6ce92 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/datasource/physical_plan/parquet/mod.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/datasource/physical_plan/parquet/mod.rs
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ impl ExecutionPlan for ParquetExec {
             || self.page_pruning_predicate.is_some()
             || (self.predicate.is_some() && self.pushdown_filters())
         {
-            Statistics::new_unknown(&self.schema())
+            self.projected_statistics.clone().to_inexact()
         } else {
             self.projected_statistics.clone()
         };
diff --git a/datafusion/core/tests/parquet/file_statistics.rs b/datafusion/core/tests/parquet/file_statistics.rs
index cd62c3bf426f..15d4589b2eaf 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/tests/parquet/file_statistics.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/tests/parquet/file_statistics.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use datafusion::datasource::TableProvider;
 use datafusion::execution::context::SessionState;
 use datafusion::prelude::SessionContext;
 use datafusion_common::stats::Precision;
+use datafusion_common::{Column, ScalarValue};
 use datafusion_execution::cache::cache_manager::CacheManagerConfig;
 use datafusion_execution::cache::cache_unit;
 use datafusion_execution::cache::cache_unit::{
@@ -36,8 +37,33 @@ use datafusion_execution::config::SessionConfig;
 use datafusion_execution::runtime_env::RuntimeEnvBuilder;
 
 use datafusion::execution::session_state::SessionStateBuilder;
+use datafusion_expr::{BinaryExpr, Expr};
 use tempfile::tempdir;
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn check_stats_precision_with_filter_pushdown() {
+    let testdata = datafusion::test_util::parquet_test_data();
+    let filename = format!("{}/{}", testdata, "alltypes_plain.parquet");
+    let table_path = ListingTableUrl::parse(filename).unwrap();
+
+    let opt = ListingOptions::new(Arc::new(ParquetFormat::default()));
+    let table = get_listing_table(&table_path, None, &opt).await;
+    let (_, _, state) = get_cache_runtime_state();
+    // Scan without filter, stats are exact
+    let exec = table.scan(&state, None, &[], None).await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(exec.statistics().unwrap().num_rows, Precision::Exact(8));
+
+    // Scan with filter pushdown, stats are inexact
+    let filter = Expr::BinaryExpr(BinaryExpr {
+        left: Box::new(Expr::Column(Column::from_name("id"))),
+        op: datafusion_expr::Operator::And,
+        right: Box::new(Expr::Literal(ScalarValue::UInt64(Some(1)))),
+    });
+
+    let exec = table.scan(&state, None, &[filter], None).await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(exec.statistics().unwrap().num_rows, Precision::Inexact(8));
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn load_table_stats_with_session_level_cache() {
     let testdata = datafusion::test_util::parquet_test_data();
diff --git a/datafusion/core/tests/sql/path_partition.rs b/datafusion/core/tests/sql/path_partition.rs
index 70efbed66284..201089854d26 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/tests/sql/path_partition.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/tests/sql/path_partition.rs
@@ -493,21 +493,6 @@ async fn parquet_statistics() -> Result<()> {
     // TODO assert partition column stats once implemented (#1186)
     assert_eq!(stat_cols[1], ColumnStatistics::new_unknown());
 
-    //// WITH Filter PushDown to [`ParquetExec`] ////
-    let dataframe = ctx
-        .sql("SELECT mycol, year FROM t WHERE mycol='value'")
-        .await?;
-    let physical_plan = dataframe.create_physical_plan().await?;
-    let schema = physical_plan.schema();
-    assert_eq!(schema.fields().len(), 2);
-
-    let stat_cols = physical_plan.statistics()?.column_statistics;
-    assert_eq!(stat_cols.len(), 2);
-    // stats for the first col are absent due to filter pushdown
-    assert_eq!(stat_cols[0].null_count, Precision::Absent);
-    // TODO assert partition column stats once implemented (#1186)
-    assert_eq!(stat_cols[1], ColumnStatistics::new_unknown());
-
     Ok(())
 }