diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
index 766c42d040f80..9d98c36e947a1 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ class HiveContext(sc: SparkContext) extends SQLContext(sc) {
 
   /* An analyzer that uses the Hive metastore. */
   @transient
-  override protected[sql] lazy val analyzer =
+  override protected[sql] lazy val analyzer: Analyzer =
     new Analyzer(catalog, functionRegistry, conf) {
       override val extendedResolutionRules =
         catalog.ParquetConversions ::