diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveInspectors.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveInspectors.scala
index 9d56aec4a963b..ce6c533c9408e 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveInspectors.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveInspectors.scala
@@ -424,6 +424,9 @@ private[hive] trait HiveInspectors {
           null
         }
 
+    case _: VoidObjectInspector =>
+      (_: Any) => null // always be null for void object inspector
+
     case soi: StandardStructObjectInspector =>
       val schema = dataType.asInstanceOf[StructType]
       val wrappers = soi.getAllStructFieldRefs.asScala.zip(schema.fields).map {
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveInspectorSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveInspectorSuite.scala
index 3b867bbfa1817..5fda367bd600d 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveInspectorSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveInspectorSuite.scala
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class HiveInspectorSuite extends SparkFunSuite with HiveInspectors {
 
   val data =
     Literal(true) ::
+    Literal(null) ::
     Literal(0.asInstanceOf[Byte]) ::
     Literal(0.asInstanceOf[Short]) ::
     Literal(0) ::