diff --git a/patches/0_hot_fix_parquet.patch b/patches/0_hot_fix_parquet.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90db1cc390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/0_hot_fix_parquet.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff --git a/cpp/src/io/parquet/decode_fixed.cu b/cpp/src/io/parquet/decode_fixed.cu
+index 9acbe026bb..32bb334966 100644
+--- a/cpp/src/io/parquet/decode_fixed.cu
++++ b/cpp/src/io/parquet/decode_fixed.cu
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ /*
+- * Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
++ * Copyright (c) 2024-2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+  *
+  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@@ -961,9 +961,6 @@ CUDF_KERNEL void __launch_bounds__(decode_block_size_t, 8)
+     return;
+   }
+ 
+-  // if we have no work to do (eg, in a skip_rows/num_rows case) in this page.
+-  if (s->num_rows == 0) { return; }
+-
+   using value_decoder_type = std::conditional_t<
+     split_decode_t,
+     decode_fixed_width_split_values_func<decode_block_size_t, has_lists_t, state_buf_t>,
diff --git a/patches/noop.patch b/patches/noop.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000