diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/misc.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/misc.scala
index 4e71c8c103889..1fa957e9ccfe0 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/misc.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/misc.scala
@@ -64,11 +64,13 @@ case class PrintToStderr(child: Expression) extends UnaryExpression {
        custom error message
   """,
   since = "3.1.0")
-case class RaiseError(child: Expression) extends UnaryExpression with ImplicitCastInputTypes {
+case class RaiseError(child: Expression, dataType: DataType)
+  extends UnaryExpression with ImplicitCastInputTypes {
+
+  def this(child: Expression) = this(child, NullType)
 
   override def foldable: Boolean = false
   override def nullable: Boolean = true
-  override def dataType: DataType = NullType
   override def inputTypes: Seq[AbstractDataType] = Seq(StringType)
 
   override def prettyName: String = "raise_error"
@@ -98,6 +100,10 @@ case class RaiseError(child: Expression) extends UnaryExpression with ImplicitCa
   }
 }
 
+object RaiseError {
+  def apply(child: Expression): RaiseError = new RaiseError(child)
+}
+
 /**
  * A function that throws an exception if 'condition' is not true.
  */
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/CharVarcharUtils.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/CharVarcharUtils.scala
index eaafe35fc00eb..5fc070a121079 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/CharVarcharUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/CharVarcharUtils.scala
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.parser.CatalystSqlParser
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
+import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.UTF8String
 
 object CharVarcharUtils extends Logging {
 
@@ -202,12 +203,9 @@ object CharVarcharUtils extends Logging {
     }.getOrElse(expr)
   }
 
-  private def raiseError(expr: Expression, typeName: String, length: Int): Expression = {
-    val errorMsg = Concat(Seq(
-      Literal("input string of length "),
-      Cast(Length(expr), StringType),
-      Literal(s" exceeds $typeName type length limitation: $length")))
-    Cast(RaiseError(errorMsg), StringType)
+  private def raiseError(typeName: String, length: Int): Expression = {
+    val errMsg = UTF8String.fromString(s"Exceeds $typeName type length limitation: $length")
+    RaiseError(Literal(errMsg, StringType), StringType)
   }
 
   private def stringLengthCheck(expr: Expression, dt: DataType): Expression = dt match {
@@ -217,7 +215,7 @@ object CharVarcharUtils extends Logging {
       // spaces, as we will pad char type columns/fields at read time.
       If(
         GreaterThan(Length(trimmed), Literal(length)),
-        raiseError(expr, "char", length),
+        raiseError("char", length),
         trimmed)
 
     case VarcharType(length) =>
@@ -230,7 +228,7 @@ object CharVarcharUtils extends Logging {
         expr,
         If(
           GreaterThan(Length(trimmed), Literal(length)),
-          raiseError(expr, "varchar", length),
+          raiseError("varchar", length),
           StringRPad(trimmed, Literal(length))))
 
     case StructType(fields) =>
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/CharVarcharTestSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/CharVarcharTestSuite.scala
index 7546e888075d9..fbf3f2ab0fa0e 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/CharVarcharTestSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/CharVarcharTestSuite.scala
@@ -189,8 +189,7 @@ trait CharVarcharTestSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils {
       sql("INSERT INTO t VALUES (null)")
       checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Row(null))
       val e = intercept[SparkException](sql("INSERT INTO t VALUES ('123456')"))
-      assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(
-        s"input string of length 6 exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
+      assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(s"Exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
     }
   }
 
@@ -202,8 +201,7 @@ trait CharVarcharTestSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils {
         sql("INSERT INTO t VALUES (1, null)")
         checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Row(1, null))
         val e = intercept[SparkException](sql("INSERT INTO t VALUES (1, '123456')"))
-        assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(
-          s"input string of length 6 exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
+        assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(s"Exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
       }
     }
   }
@@ -214,8 +212,7 @@ trait CharVarcharTestSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils {
       sql("INSERT INTO t SELECT struct(null)")
       checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Row(Row(null)))
       val e = intercept[SparkException](sql("INSERT INTO t SELECT struct('123456')"))
-      assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(
-        s"input string of length 6 exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
+      assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(s"Exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
     }
   }
 
@@ -225,8 +222,7 @@ trait CharVarcharTestSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils {
       sql("INSERT INTO t VALUES (array(null))")
       checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Row(Seq(null)))
       val e = intercept[SparkException](sql("INSERT INTO t VALUES (array('a', '123456'))"))
-      assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(
-        s"input string of length 6 exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
+      assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(s"Exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
     }
   }
 
@@ -234,8 +230,7 @@ trait CharVarcharTestSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils {
     testTableWrite { typeName =>
       sql(s"CREATE TABLE t(c MAP<$typeName(5), STRING>) USING $format")
       val e = intercept[SparkException](sql("INSERT INTO t VALUES (map('123456', 'a'))"))
-      assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(
-        s"input string of length 6 exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
+      assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(s"Exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
     }
   }
 
@@ -245,8 +240,7 @@ trait CharVarcharTestSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils {
       sql("INSERT INTO t VALUES (map('a', null))")
       checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Row(Map("a" -> null)))
       val e = intercept[SparkException](sql("INSERT INTO t VALUES (map('a', '123456'))"))
-      assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(
-        s"input string of length 6 exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
+      assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(s"Exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
     }
   }
 
@@ -254,11 +248,9 @@ trait CharVarcharTestSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils {
     testTableWrite { typeName =>
       sql(s"CREATE TABLE t(c MAP<$typeName(5), $typeName(5)>) USING $format")
       val e1 = intercept[SparkException](sql("INSERT INTO t VALUES (map('123456', 'a'))"))
-      assert(e1.getCause.getMessage.contains(
-        s"input string of length 6 exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
+      assert(e1.getCause.getMessage.contains(s"Exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
       val e2 = intercept[SparkException](sql("INSERT INTO t VALUES (map('a', '123456'))"))
-      assert(e2.getCause.getMessage.contains(
-        s"input string of length 6 exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
+      assert(e2.getCause.getMessage.contains(s"Exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
     }
   }
 
@@ -268,8 +260,7 @@ trait CharVarcharTestSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils {
       sql("INSERT INTO t SELECT struct(array(null))")
       checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Row(Row(Seq(null))))
       val e = intercept[SparkException](sql("INSERT INTO t SELECT struct(array('123456'))"))
-      assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(
-        s"input string of length 6 exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
+      assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(s"Exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
     }
   }
 
@@ -279,8 +270,7 @@ trait CharVarcharTestSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils {
       sql("INSERT INTO t VALUES (array(struct(null)))")
       checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Row(Seq(Row(null))))
       val e = intercept[SparkException](sql("INSERT INTO t VALUES (array(struct('123456')))"))
-      assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(
-        s"input string of length 6 exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
+      assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(s"Exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
     }
   }
 
@@ -290,8 +280,7 @@ trait CharVarcharTestSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils {
       sql("INSERT INTO t VALUES (array(array(null)))")
       checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Row(Seq(Seq(null))))
       val e = intercept[SparkException](sql("INSERT INTO t VALUES (array(array('123456')))"))
-      assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(
-        s"input string of length 6 exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
+      assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(s"Exceeds $typeName type length limitation: 5"))
     }
   }
 
@@ -312,11 +301,9 @@ trait CharVarcharTestSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils {
       sql("INSERT INTO t VALUES (1234, 1234)")
       checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Row("1234 ", "1234"))
       val e1 = intercept[SparkException](sql("INSERT INTO t VALUES (123456, 1)"))
-      assert(e1.getCause.getMessage.contains(
-        "input string of length 6 exceeds char type length limitation: 5"))
+      assert(e1.getCause.getMessage.contains("Exceeds char type length limitation: 5"))
       val e2 = intercept[SparkException](sql("INSERT INTO t VALUES (1, 123456)"))
-      assert(e2.getCause.getMessage.contains(
-        "input string of length 6 exceeds varchar type length limitation: 5"))
+      assert(e2.getCause.getMessage.contains("Exceeds varchar type length limitation: 5"))
     }
   }
 
@@ -626,8 +613,7 @@ class FileSourceCharVarcharTestSuite extends CharVarcharTestSuite with SharedSpa
           sql("SELECT '123456' as col").write.format(format).save(dir.toString)
           sql(s"CREATE TABLE t (col $typ(2)) using $format LOCATION '$dir'")
           val e = intercept[SparkException] { sql("select * from t").collect() }
-          assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(
-            s"input string of length 6 exceeds $typ type length limitation: 2"))
+          assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(s"Exceeds $typ type length limitation: 2"))
         }
       }
     }
@@ -654,8 +640,7 @@ class FileSourceCharVarcharTestSuite extends CharVarcharTestSuite with SharedSpa
           sql(s"CREATE TABLE t (col $typ(2)) using $format")
           sql(s"ALTER TABLE t SET LOCATION '$dir'")
           val e = intercept[SparkException] { spark.table("t").collect() }
-          assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(
-            s"input string of length 6 exceeds $typ type length limitation: 2"))
+          assert(e.getCause.getMessage.contains(s"Exceeds $typ type length limitation: 2"))
         }
       }
     }