diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/vectorized/WritableColumnVector.java b/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/vectorized/WritableColumnVector.java
index 5275e4a91eac0..b0e119d658cb4 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/vectorized/WritableColumnVector.java
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/vectorized/WritableColumnVector.java
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ public void close() {
   }
 
   public void reserve(int requiredCapacity) {
-    if (requiredCapacity > capacity) {
+    if (requiredCapacity < 0) {
+      throwUnsupportedException(requiredCapacity, null);
+    } else if (requiredCapacity > capacity) {
       int newCapacity = (int) Math.min(MAX_CAPACITY, requiredCapacity * 2L);
       if (requiredCapacity <= newCapacity) {
         try {
@@ -96,13 +98,16 @@ public void reserve(int requiredCapacity) {
   }
 
   private void throwUnsupportedException(int requiredCapacity, Throwable cause) {
-    String message = "Cannot reserve additional contiguous bytes in the vectorized reader " +
-        "(requested = " + requiredCapacity + " bytes). As a workaround, you can disable the " +
-        "vectorized reader, or increase the vectorized reader batch size. For parquet file " +
-        "format, refer to " + SQLConf.PARQUET_VECTORIZED_READER_ENABLED().key() + " and " +
-        SQLConf.PARQUET_VECTORIZED_READER_BATCH_SIZE().key() + "; for orc file format, refer to " +
-        SQLConf.ORC_VECTORIZED_READER_ENABLED().key() + " and " +
-        SQLConf.ORC_VECTORIZED_READER_BATCH_SIZE().key() + ".";
+    String message = "Cannot reserve additional contiguous bytes in the vectorized reader (" +
+        (requiredCapacity >= 0 ? "requested " + requiredCapacity + " bytes" : "integer overflow") +
+        "). As a workaround, you can reduce the vectorized reader batch size, or disable the " +
+        "vectorized reader. For parquet file format, refer to " +
+        SQLConf.PARQUET_VECTORIZED_READER_BATCH_SIZE().key() +
+        " (default " + SQLConf.PARQUET_VECTORIZED_READER_BATCH_SIZE().defaultValueString() +
+        ") and " + SQLConf.PARQUET_VECTORIZED_READER_ENABLED().key() + "; for orc file format, " +
+        "refer to " + SQLConf.ORC_VECTORIZED_READER_BATCH_SIZE().key() +
+        " (default " + SQLConf.ORC_VECTORIZED_READER_BATCH_SIZE().defaultValueString() +
+        ") and " + SQLConf.ORC_VECTORIZED_READER_ENABLED().key() + ".";
     throw new RuntimeException(message, cause);
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/vectorized/ColumnarBatchSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/vectorized/ColumnarBatchSuite.scala
index 772f687526008..f57f07b498261 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/vectorized/ColumnarBatchSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/vectorized/ColumnarBatchSuite.scala
@@ -1333,4 +1333,11 @@ class ColumnarBatchSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
 
       column.close()
   }
+
+  testVector("WritableColumnVector.reserve(): requested capacity is negative", 1024, ByteType) {
+    column =>
+      val ex = intercept[RuntimeException] { column.reserve(-1) }
+      assert(ex.getMessage.contains(
+          "Cannot reserve additional contiguous bytes in the vectorized reader (integer overflow)"))
+  }
 }