diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/orc/OrcTest.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/orc/OrcTest.scala
index 16772fec87df..e929f904c798 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/orc/OrcTest.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/orc/OrcTest.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.io.File
 import scala.reflect.ClassTag
 import scala.reflect.runtime.universe.TypeTag
 
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils
 import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterAll
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql._
@@ -136,6 +137,10 @@ abstract class OrcTest extends QueryTest with FileBasedDataSourceTest with Befor
 
   protected def readResourceOrcFile(name: String): DataFrame = {
     val url = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader.getResource(name)
-    spark.read.orc(url.toString)
+    // Copy to avoid URISyntaxException when `sql/hive` accesses the resources in `sql/core`
+    val file = File.createTempFile("orc-test", ".orc")
+    file.deleteOnExit();
+    FileUtils.copyURLToFile(url, file)
+    spark.read.orc(file.getAbsolutePath)
   }
 }