diff --git a/docs/api/changelog.rst b/docs/api/changelog.rst
index 1cbe89a3c..7132f2add 100644
--- a/docs/api/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/api/changelog.rst
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Added
 Fixed
 ~~~~~
 
+- Fixed resampling of Arrow-backed iMOD5 well timeseries when simulation
+  timesteps precede the first well timestep.
 - Fixed bug in :class:`imod.mf6.GroundwaterFlowModel` and :class:`imod.formats.prf.IpfResult` 
   where names of wels were duplicated by increasing the character limit to 40
   and enumerating wel names.
diff --git a/imod/tests/test_mf6/test_utilities/test_resampling.py b/imod/tests/test_mf6/test_utilities/test_resampling.py
index 5465e5abf..6ffc08cf2 100644
--- a/imod/tests/test_mf6/test_utilities/test_resampling.py
+++ b/imod/tests/test_mf6/test_utilities/test_resampling.py
@@ -80,6 +80,27 @@ def test_timeseries_resampling_2():
     )
 
 
+def test_timeseries_resampling_before_start_with_arrow_dtypes():
+    """
+    Regression test for assigning the first well location to multiple rows when
+    the location columns use Arrow-backed dtypes.
+    """
+    timeseries = initialize_timeseries(
+        [datetime(1989, 4, 3)],
+        [100.0],
+    ).convert_dtypes(dtype_backend="pyarrow")
+    # Keep time as NumPy datetime64, as produced by the iMOD5 import workflow.
+    timeseries["time"] = timeseries["time"].astype("datetime64[ns]")
+    new_dates = pd.date_range(datetime(1989, 1, 1), datetime(1989, 4, 3))
+
+    new_timeseries = resample_timeseries(timeseries, new_dates)
+
+    assert len(new_timeseries) == 93
+    assert (new_timeseries.loc[:91, "rate"] == 0.0).all()
+    assert (new_timeseries.loc[:91, "id"] == "ID").all()
+    assert new_timeseries.loc[92, "rate"] == 100.0
+
+
 def test_timeseries_resampling_3():
     # In this test, we resample a timeseries for a coarser output discretization.
     # The output times are a subset of the input times.
diff --git a/imod/util/expand_repetitions.py b/imod/util/expand_repetitions.py
index 981b85073..9f93e8d94 100644
--- a/imod/util/expand_repetitions.py
+++ b/imod/util/expand_repetitions.py
@@ -117,9 +117,10 @@ def resample_timeseries(
     )
     if time_before_start_input[0]:
         intermediate_df.loc[time_before_start_input, "rate"] = 0.0
-        intermediate_df.loc[time_before_start_input, location_columns] = (
-            well_rate.iloc[0][location_columns],
-        )
+        for column in location_columns:
+            intermediate_df.loc[time_before_start_input, column] = well_rate[
+                column
+            ].iloc[0]
 
     # compute time difference from perious to current row
     time_diff_col = intermediate_df["time"].diff()