diff --git a/docs/source/user-guide/latest/iceberg.md b/docs/source/user-guide/latest/iceberg.md
index c7cd0c73424..7f251a2c2d8 100644
--- a/docs/source/user-guide/latest/iceberg.md
+++ b/docs/source/user-guide/latest/iceberg.md
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ The following scenarios will fall back to the JVM Iceberg reader:
   projected is read natively)
 - Encrypted tables with 192-bit data keys (no AES-192-GCM in the underlying crypto)
 - Delete files in a format other than Parquet or Puffin (Avro or ORC positional/equality deletes)
+- Equality deletes keyed on a field nested in a struct
 - Tables backed by Avro or ORC data files (only Parquet is accelerated)
 - Queries that use `input_file_name()`, `input_file_block_start()` or `input_file_block_length()`
 - Scans whose data or delete files span more than one S3 bucket (the native reader uses one
@@ -822,9 +823,6 @@ The physical differences that every native data file has, and why they are safe,
   ([#7033](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-comet/issues/7033)).
 - **`VERSION AS OF` reads of a column whose type was promoted after the snapshot**
   ([#6993](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-comet/issues/6993)).
-- **An equality delete keyed on a nested field.** Every query the native scan runs on the table
-  fails with `field not found`, even one that reads the key
-  ([#6782](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-comet/issues/6782)).
 - **Column names that only newer Unicode case data folds together**, such as a pair of Vithkuqi
   letters, which Unicode 14 added. Queries on such a table fail with a duplicate-field error
   ([#5540](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-comet/issues/5540)).
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/rules/CometScanRule.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/rules/CometScanRule.scala
index 03743e0267b..696be0534eb 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/rules/CometScanRule.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/rules/CometScanRule.scala
@@ -958,6 +958,10 @@ case class CometScanRule(session: SparkSession)
           try {
             if (!taskValidation.deleteFiles.isEmpty) {
               val historicSchemas = IcebergReflection.getAllSchemas(metadata.table)
+              // Check every schema, as a dropped equality key exists only in the history.
+              val topLevelIds = (metadata.tableSchema +: historicSchemas)
+                .flatMap(IcebergReflection.buildFieldIdMapping(_).values)
+                .toSet
               val contentFileClass =
                 IcebergReflection.loadClass(IcebergReflection.ClassNames.CONTENT_FILE)
               val deleteFileClass =
@@ -1003,6 +1007,13 @@ case class CometScanRule(session: SparkSession)
                           "schema; resolved from schema history (likely a dropped column)")
                     }
                     fieldInfo match {
+                      // Nested keys fall back: iceberg-rust only looks up top-level columns.
+                      case Some((fieldName, _)) if !topLevelIds(fid) =>
+                        hasUnsupportedDeletes = true
+                        fallbackReasons +=
+                          s"Equality delete on nested field '$fieldName' (id $fid) is not yet " +
+                            "supported by iceberg-rust, which resolves equality field ids " +
+                            "among top-level columns only."
                       case Some((fieldName, fieldType)) =>
                         if (fieldType.contains("struct") || fieldType.equalsIgnoreCase(
                             "variant")) {
diff --git a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometIcebergNativeSuite.scala b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometIcebergNativeSuite.scala
index 632dd2df975..e859b23be08 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometIcebergNativeSuite.scala
+++ b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometIcebergNativeSuite.scala
@@ -1213,6 +1213,65 @@ class CometIcebergNativeSuite
     }
   }
 
+  // The key `s.k` is nested, which iceberg-rust cannot look up, so the scan must fall back.
+  test("equality delete keyed on a nested field falls back to Spark") {
+    assume(icebergAvailable, "Iceberg not available in classpath")
+
+    withTempIcebergDir { warehouseDir =>
+      withSQLConf(
+        "spark.sql.catalog.test_cat" -> "org.apache.iceberg.spark.SparkCatalog",
+        "spark.sql.catalog.test_cat.type" -> "hadoop",
+        "spark.sql.catalog.test_cat.warehouse" -> warehouseDir.getAbsolutePath,
+        CometConf.COMET_ENABLED.key -> "true",
+        CometConf.COMET_EXEC_ENABLED.key -> "true",
+        CometConf.COMET_ICEBERG_NATIVE_ENABLED.key -> "true") {
+        val table = "test_cat.db.nested_eq_delete"
+        try {
+          spark.sql(
+            s"CREATE TABLE $table (id INT, s STRUCT<k: INT, a: INT>) USING iceberg " +
+              "TBLPROPERTIES ('format-version' = '2')")
+          spark.sql(
+            s"INSERT INTO $table SELECT CAST(id AS INT), " +
+              "named_struct('k', CAST(id % 10 AS INT), 'a', CAST(id AS INT)) FROM range(100)")
+
+          val icebergTable = Spark3Util.loadIcebergTable(spark, table)
+          val deleteRowSchema = icebergTable.schema().select("s.k")
+          val struct = org.apache.iceberg.data.GenericRecord
+            .create(deleteRowSchema.findField("s").`type`().asStructType())
+          struct.setField("k", Integer.valueOf(3))
+          val row = org.apache.iceberg.data.GenericRecord.create(deleteRowSchema)
+          row.setField("s", struct)
+          val out = icebergTable
+            .io()
+            .newOutputFile(
+              new File(warehouseDir, s"eq-delete-${System.nanoTime()}.parquet").toString)
+          val deleteFile = org.apache.iceberg.data.CometEqualityDeletes.write(
+            icebergTable,
+            out,
+            null,
+            java.util.Collections.singletonList[org.apache.iceberg.data.Record](row),
+            deleteRowSchema,
+            Some(Array(icebergTable.schema().findField("s.k").fieldId())))
+          icebergTable.newRowDelta().addDeletes(deleteFile).commit()
+
+          // Select the key: if the query leaves it out, even Spark returns the wrong rows.
+          val df = spark.sql(s"SELECT count(*), sum(s.k), sum(s.a) FROM $table")
+          checkAnswer(df, Row(90L, 420L, 4470L))
+          val plan = df.queryExecution.executedPlan
+          assert(
+            collectIcebergNativeScans(plan).isEmpty,
+            "A nested equality-delete key must prevent the native Iceberg scan")
+          val fallbackReasons = new ExtendedExplainInfo().getFallbackReasons(plan)
+          assert(
+            fallbackReasons.exists(_.contains("Equality delete on nested field 'k'")),
+            s"Expected nested equality-delete fallback, found: ${fallbackReasons.mkString(", ")}")
+        } finally {
+          spark.sql(s"DROP TABLE IF EXISTS $table PURGE")
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   test("MOR table with multiple delete operations - mixed delete types") {
     assume(icebergAvailable, "Iceberg not available in classpath")
 
diff --git a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/iceberg/data/CometEqualityDeletes.scala b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/iceberg/data/CometEqualityDeletes.scala
index 23cb25e6031..3c77a205271 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/iceberg/data/CometEqualityDeletes.scala
+++ b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/iceberg/data/CometEqualityDeletes.scala
@@ -43,12 +43,14 @@ object CometEqualityDeletes {
       out: OutputFile,
       partition: StructLike,
       deletes: java.util.List[Record],
-      deleteRowSchema: Schema): DeleteFile = {
-    val equalityFieldIds = deleteRowSchema.columns().asScala.map(_.fieldId()).toArray
+      deleteRowSchema: Schema,
+      // Omit to key the delete on every top-level column of `deleteRowSchema`.
+      equalityFieldIds: Option[Array[Int]] = None): DeleteFile = {
     val factory = GenericFileWriterFactory
       .builderFor(table)
       .equalityDeleteRowSchema(deleteRowSchema)
-      .equalityFieldIds(equalityFieldIds)
+      .equalityFieldIds(
+        equalityFieldIds.getOrElse(deleteRowSchema.columns().asScala.map(_.fieldId()).toArray))
       .build()
     val writer = factory.newEqualityDeleteWriter(
       EncryptedFiles.encryptedOutput(out, EncryptionKeyMetadata.EMPTY),