diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_build_linux.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_build_linux.yml
index 2d01ecc104..e7071b94a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_build_linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_build_linux.yml
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ jobs:
               org.apache.spark.sql.comet.CometShuffleFallbackStickinessSuite
               org.apache.spark.sql.comet.PlanDataInjectorSuite
               org.apache.spark.sql.comet.CometDecimalArithmeticViewSuite
+              org.apache.spark.sql.comet.DecimalPrecisionSuite
               org.apache.spark.sql.comet.CometScanWithPlanDataSuite
               org.apache.spark.sql.comet.util.UtilsSuite
               org.apache.comet.vector.NativeUtilSuite
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_build_macos.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_build_macos.yml
index 5f60c07451..15c5deb363 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_build_macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_build_macos.yml
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ jobs:
               org.apache.spark.sql.comet.CometShuffleFallbackStickinessSuite
               org.apache.spark.sql.comet.PlanDataInjectorSuite
               org.apache.spark.sql.comet.CometDecimalArithmeticViewSuite
+              org.apache.spark.sql.comet.DecimalPrecisionSuite
               org.apache.spark.sql.comet.CometScanWithPlanDataSuite
               org.apache.spark.sql.comet.util.UtilsSuite
               org.apache.comet.vector.NativeUtilSuite
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/DecimalPrecision.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/DecimalPrecision.scala
index 2d5247df7e..42a30db330 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/DecimalPrecision.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/DecimalPrecision.scala
@@ -40,6 +40,24 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.types.DecimalType
  */
 object DecimalPrecision {
   def promote(expr: Expression): Expression = {
+    // `transformUp` walks and rebuilds every node even when no case matches, and the serde calls
+    // this once per expression it converts, so skip it when there is nothing to rewrite.
+    if (containsDecimalArithmetic(expr)) rewrite(expr) else expr
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Whether [[promote]] could rewrite anything in this tree. Deliberately a superset of the rule:
+   * it ignores the operands, so any arithmetic node the rule handles that produces a decimal
+   * qualifies. Wrapping a child in `CheckOverflow` does not change that child's data type, so a
+   * tree without such a node cannot grow one part way through the rewrite.
+   */
+  private def containsDecimalArithmetic(expr: Expression): Boolean = expr.exists {
+    case e @ (_: Add | _: Subtract | _: Multiply | _: Divide | _: Remainder) =>
+      e.dataType.isInstanceOf[DecimalType]
+    case _ => false
+  }
+
+  private def rewrite(expr: Expression): Expression = {
     expr.transformUp {
       // This means the binary expression is already optimized with the rule in Spark. This can
       // happen if the Spark version is < 3.4
diff --git a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/DecimalPrecisionSuite.scala b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/DecimalPrecisionSuite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be4c7db5de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/DecimalPrecisionSuite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.comet
+
+import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Add, Alias, AttributeReference, CaseWhen, Cast, CheckOverflow, Coalesce, Divide, Expression, GreaterThan, IsNotNull, Literal, Multiply, Remainder, Subtract}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{DecimalType, IntegerType, LongType, StringType}
+
+class DecimalPrecisionSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
+
+  private val decA = AttributeReference("a", DecimalType(10, 2))()
+  private val decB = AttributeReference("b", DecimalType(10, 2))()
+  private val intA = AttributeReference("c", IntegerType)()
+  private val intB = AttributeReference("d", IntegerType)()
+
+  private def assertUnchanged(expr: Expression): Unit = {
+    // Reference equality, not `===`: the point of the guard is that no node is rebuilt.
+    val promoted = DecimalPrecision.promote(expr)
+    assert(promoted.eq(expr), s"expected promote to leave $expr untouched, got: $promoted")
+  }
+
+  test("promote leaves trees without decimal arithmetic untouched") {
+    Seq(
+      decA,
+      Literal(1),
+      Add(intA, intB),
+      Multiply(intA, Cast(decA, IntegerType)),
+      GreaterThan(decA, decB),
+      Cast(Add(intA, intB), DecimalType(20, 4)),
+      Coalesce(Seq(decA, decB)),
+      CaseWhen(Seq((IsNotNull(decA), decA)), Some(decB)),
+      Alias(Add(Cast(decA, LongType), Cast(decB, LongType)), "x")()).foreach(assertUnchanged)
+  }
+
+  test("promote wraps decimal arithmetic wherever it appears in the tree") {
+    Seq[Expression](
+      Add(decA, decB),
+      Subtract(decA, decB),
+      Multiply(decA, decB),
+      Divide(decA, decB),
+      Remainder(decA, decB)).foreach { arithmetic =>
+      DecimalPrecision.promote(arithmetic) match {
+        case CheckOverflow(child, dt, _) =>
+          assert(child.eq(arithmetic))
+          assert(dt === arithmetic.dataType)
+        case other => fail(s"expected $arithmetic to be wrapped in CheckOverflow, got: $other")
+      }
+
+      // The guard has to inspect the whole tree, not just the root: a decimal arithmetic node
+      // buried under expressions the rule does not rewrite must still be promoted.
+      val buried = Cast(Coalesce(Seq(decA, arithmetic)), StringType)
+      val promoted = DecimalPrecision.promote(buried)
+      assert(!promoted.eq(buried))
+      assert(promoted.collectFirst { case c: CheckOverflow => c }.isDefined)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("promote rewrites only the decimal arithmetic in a mixed tree") {
+    val intAdd = Add(intA, intB)
+    val decAdd = Add(decA, decB)
+    val promoted = DecimalPrecision.promote(GreaterThan(Cast(intAdd, DecimalType(20, 2)), decAdd))
+    val overflows = promoted.collect { case c: CheckOverflow => c }
+    assert(overflows.length === 1)
+    assert(overflows.head.child.eq(decAdd))
+  }
+}