diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/HiveSerDe.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/HiveSerDe.scala
index b9515ec7bca2a..dac463641cfab 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/HiveSerDe.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/HiveSerDe.scala
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ object HiveSerDe {
     val key = source.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT) match {
       case s if s.startsWith("org.apache.spark.sql.parquet") => "parquet"
       case s if s.startsWith("org.apache.spark.sql.orc") => "orc"
+      case s if s.startsWith("org.apache.spark.sql.hive.orc") => "orc"
       case s if s.equals("orcfile") => "orc"
       case s if s.equals("parquetfile") => "parquet"
       case s if s.equals("avrofile") => "avro"
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/HiveOrcSourceSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/HiveOrcSourceSuite.scala
index 17b7d8cfe127e..d556a030e2186 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/HiveOrcSourceSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/HiveOrcSourceSuite.scala
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.hive.orc
 import java.io.File
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.Row
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.TableIdentifier
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.orc.OrcSuite
 import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.test.TestHiveSingleton
+import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.HiveSerDe
 import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
 
 class HiveOrcSourceSuite extends OrcSuite with TestHiveSingleton {
@@ -62,6 +64,33 @@ class HiveOrcSourceSuite extends OrcSuite with TestHiveSingleton {
        """.stripMargin)
   }
 
+  test("SPARK-22972: hive orc source") {
+    val tableName = "normal_orc_as_source_hive"
+    withTable(tableName) {
+      sql(
+        s"""
+          |CREATE TABLE $tableName
+          |USING org.apache.spark.sql.hive.orc
+          |OPTIONS (
+          |  PATH '${new File(orcTableAsDir.getAbsolutePath).toURI}'
+          |)
+        """.stripMargin)
+
+      val tableMetadata = spark.sessionState.catalog.getTableMetadata(
+        TableIdentifier(tableName))
+      assert(tableMetadata.storage.inputFormat ==
+        Option("org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.orc.OrcInputFormat"))
+      assert(tableMetadata.storage.outputFormat ==
+        Option("org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.orc.OrcOutputFormat"))
+      assert(tableMetadata.storage.serde ==
+        Option("org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.orc.OrcSerde"))
+      assert(HiveSerDe.sourceToSerDe("org.apache.spark.sql.hive.orc")
+        .equals(HiveSerDe.sourceToSerDe("orc")))
+      assert(HiveSerDe.sourceToSerDe("org.apache.spark.sql.orc")
+        .equals(HiveSerDe.sourceToSerDe("orc")))
+    }
+  }
+
   test("SPARK-19459/SPARK-18220: read char/varchar column written by Hive") {
     val location = Utils.createTempDir()
     val uri = location.toURI