diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala
index 056af495590f..9f0d1ceb28fc 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala
@@ -356,13 +356,10 @@ private[hive] object HiveMetastoreCatalog {
       .filterKeys(!inferredSchema.map(_.name.toLowerCase).contains(_))
       .values
       .filter(_.nullable)
-
     // Merge missing nullable fields to inferred schema and build a case-insensitive field map.
     val inferredFields = StructType(inferredSchema ++ missingNullables)
       .map(f => f.name.toLowerCase -> f).toMap
-    StructType(metastoreFields.map { case(name, field) =>
-      field.copy(name = inferredFields(name).name)
-    }.toSeq)
+    StructType(metastoreSchema.map(f => f.copy(name = inferredFields(f.name).name)))
   } catch {
     case NonFatal(_) =>
       val msg = s"""Detected conflicting schemas when merging the schema obtained from the Hive
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveSchemaInferenceSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveSchemaInferenceSuite.scala
index 78955803819c..e48ce2304d08 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveSchemaInferenceSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveSchemaInferenceSuite.scala
@@ -293,6 +293,27 @@ class HiveSchemaInferenceSuite
           StructField("firstField", StringType, nullable = true),
           StructField("secondField", StringType, nullable = true))))
     }.getMessage.contains("Detected conflicting schemas"))
+
+    // Schema merge should maintain metastore order.
+    assertResult(
+      StructType(Seq(
+        StructField("first_field", StringType, nullable = true),
+        StructField("second_field", StringType, nullable = true),
+        StructField("third_field", StringType, nullable = true),
+        StructField("fourth_field", StringType, nullable = true),
+        StructField("fifth_field", StringType, nullable = true)))) {
+      HiveMetastoreCatalog.mergeWithMetastoreSchema(
+        StructType(Seq(
+          StructField("first_field", StringType, nullable = true),
+          StructField("second_field", StringType, nullable = true),
+          StructField("third_field", StringType, nullable = true),
+          StructField("fourth_field", StringType, nullable = true),
+          StructField("fifth_field", StringType, nullable = true))),
+        StructType(Seq(
+          StructField("fifth_field", StringType, nullable = true),
+          StructField("third_field", StringType, nullable = true),
+          StructField("second_field", StringType, nullable = true))))
+    }
   }
 }