diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/sedona/core/formatMapper/shapefileParser/shapes/ShapeInputFormat.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/sedona/core/formatMapper/shapefileParser/shapes/ShapeInputFormat.java
index 51c340b249..b688e928fc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/sedona/core/formatMapper/shapefileParser/shapes/ShapeInputFormat.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/sedona/core/formatMapper/shapefileParser/shapes/ShapeInputFormat.java
@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@
 public class ShapeInputFormat
         extends CombineFileInputFormat<ShapeKey, PrimitiveShape>
 {
+    /**
+     * suffix of attribute file
+     */
+    private final static String DBF_SUFFIX = "dbf";
+    /**
+     * suffix of shape record file
+     */
+    private final static String SHP_SUFFIX = "shp";
+    /**
+     * suffix of index file
+     */
+    private final static String SHX_SUFFIX = "shx";
+
     public RecordReader<ShapeKey, PrimitiveShape> createRecordReader(InputSplit split, TaskAttemptContext context)
             throws IOException
     {
@@ -86,10 +99,13 @@ public List<InputSplit> getSplits(JobContext job)
 
             for (Path filePath : filePathSizePair.keySet()) {
                 String filename = FilenameUtils.removeExtension(filePath.getName()).toLowerCase();
+                String suffix = FilenameUtils.getExtension(filePath.getName()).toLowerCase();
+
                 fileSplitPathParts.add(filePath);
                 fileSplitSizeParts.add(filePathSizePair.get(filePath));
 
-                if (prevfilename != "" && !prevfilename.equals(filename)) {
+                if (prevfilename != "" && !prevfilename.equals(filename)
+                        && (suffix.equals(SHX_SUFFIX) || suffix.equals(DBF_SUFFIX) || suffix.equals(SHP_SUFFIX))) {
                     // compare file name and if it is different then all same filename is into CombileFileSplit
                     splits.add(new CombineFileSplit(fileSplitPathParts.toArray(new Path[0]), Longs.toArray(fileSplitSizeParts)));
                     fileSplitPathParts.clear();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/sedona/core/formatMapper/shapefileParser/shapes/ShapefileReaderTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/sedona/core/formatMapper/shapefileParser/shapes/ShapefileReaderTest.java
index 41de865994..6663e689aa 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/sedona/core/formatMapper/shapefileParser/shapes/ShapefileReaderTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/sedona/core/formatMapper/shapefileParser/shapes/ShapefileReaderTest.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public void testShapefileEndWithUndefinedType()
     }
 
     /**
-     * Test correctness of parsing shapefile
+     * Test correctness of parsing shapefile. There are additional unnecessary files in directory
      *
      * @throws IOException
      */
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/shapefiles/polygon/map.xml b/core/src/test/resources/shapefiles/polygon/map.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2604b2b6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/shapefiles/polygon/map.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<test>
+	<testName>testReadToGeometryRDD</testName>
+	<fileName>map</fileName>
+	<desc>additional file</desc>
+</test>
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diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/shapefiles/polygon/map1.xml b/core/src/test/resources/shapefiles/polygon/map1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dacd217187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/shapefiles/polygon/map1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<test>
+	<testName>testReadToGeometryRDD</testName>
+	<fileName>map1</fileName>
+	<desc>additional file</desc>
+</test>
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