diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLConf.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLConf.scala
index 4815620c6fe57..ee641bdfeb2d7 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLConf.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLConf.scala
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ private[spark] object SQLConf {
   val PARQUET_FILTER_PUSHDOWN_ENABLED = "spark.sql.parquet.filterPushdown"
   val PARQUET_USE_DATA_SOURCE_API = "spark.sql.parquet.useDataSourceApi"
 
+  val HIVE_VERIFY_PARTITIONPATH = "spark.sql.hive.verifyPartitionPath"
+
   val COLUMN_NAME_OF_CORRUPT_RECORD = "spark.sql.columnNameOfCorruptRecord"
   val BROADCAST_TIMEOUT = "spark.sql.broadcastTimeout"
 
@@ -119,6 +121,10 @@ private[sql] class SQLConf extends Serializable {
   private[spark] def parquetUseDataSourceApi =
     getConf(PARQUET_USE_DATA_SOURCE_API, "true").toBoolean
 
+  /** When true uses verifyPartitionPath to prune the path which is not exists. */
+  private[spark] def verifyPartitionPath =
+    getConf(HIVE_VERIFY_PARTITIONPATH, "true").toBoolean
+
   /** When true the planner will use the external sort, which may spill to disk. */
   private[spark] def externalSortEnabled: Boolean = getConf(EXTERNAL_SORT, "false").toBoolean
 
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/TableReader.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/TableReader.scala
index b451713279381..b871c58e545f7 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/TableReader.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/TableReader.scala
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class HadoopTableReader(
     def verifyPartitionPath(
         partitionToDeserializer: Map[HivePartition, Class[_ <: Deserializer]]):
         Map[HivePartition, Class[_ <: Deserializer]] = {
-      if (!sc.getConf("spark.sql.hive.verifyPartitionPath", "true").toBoolean) {
+      if (!sc.conf.verifyPartitionPath) {
         partitionToDeserializer
       } else {
         var existPathSet = collection.mutable.Set[String]()
@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ class HadoopTableReader(
               val pathPattern = new Path(pathPatternStr)
               val fs = pathPattern.getFileSystem(sc.hiveconf)
               val matches = fs.globStatus(pathPattern)
-              matches.map(fileStatus => existPathSet += fileStatus.getPath.toString)
+              matches.foreach(fileStatus => existPathSet += fileStatus.getPath.toString)
             }
-            // convert  /demo/data/year/month/day  to  /demo/data/**/**/**/
+            // convert  /demo/data/year/month/day  to  /demo/data/*/*/*/
             def getPathPatternByPath(parNum: Int, tempPath: Path): String = {
               var path = tempPath
               for (i <- (1 to parNum)) path = path.getParent
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/QueryPartitionSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/QueryPartitionSuite.scala
index 8b90bfb19fde8..83f97128c5e83 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/QueryPartitionSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/QueryPartitionSuite.scala
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ class QueryPartitionSuite extends QueryTest {
     sql("DROP TABLE table_with_partition")
     sql("DROP TABLE createAndInsertTest")
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}