diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/OptimizeSkewedJoin.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/OptimizeSkewedJoin.scala
index f21d459603970..1c1ee7d03a4df 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/OptimizeSkewedJoin.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/OptimizeSkewedJoin.scala
@@ -231,44 +231,24 @@ case class OptimizeSkewedJoin(ensureRequirements: EnsureRequirements)
       return plan
     }
 
-    def collectShuffleStages(plan: SparkPlan): Seq[ShuffleQueryStageExec] = plan match {
-      case stage: ShuffleQueryStageExec => Seq(stage)
-      case _ => plan.children.flatMap(collectShuffleStages)
+    // We try to optimize every skewed sort-merge/shuffle-hash joins in the query plan. If this
+    // introduces extra shuffles, we give up the optimization and return the original query plan, or
+    // accept the extra shuffles if the force-apply config is true.
+    // TODO: It's possible that only one skewed join in the query plan leads to extra shuffles and
+    //       we only need to skip optimizing that join. We should make the strategy smarter here.
+    val optimized = optimizeSkewJoin(plan)
+    val requirementSatisfied = if (ensureRequirements.requiredDistribution.isDefined) {
+      ValidateRequirements.validate(optimized, ensureRequirements.requiredDistribution.get)
+    } else {
+      ValidateRequirements.validate(optimized)
     }
-
-    val shuffleStages = collectShuffleStages(plan)
-
-    if (shuffleStages.length == 2) {
-      // When multi table join, there will be too many complex combination to consider.
-      // Currently we only handle 2 table join like following use case.
-      // SMJ
-      //   Sort
-      //     Shuffle
-      //   Sort
-      //     Shuffle
-      // Or
-      // SHJ
-      //   Shuffle
-      //   Shuffle
-      val optimized = optimizeSkewJoin(plan)
-      val requirementSatisfied = if (ensureRequirements.requiredDistribution.isDefined) {
-        ValidateRequirements.validate(optimized, ensureRequirements.requiredDistribution.get)
-      } else {
-        ValidateRequirements.validate(optimized)
+    if (requirementSatisfied) {
+      optimized.transform {
+        case SkewJoinChildWrapper(child) => child
       }
-      // Two cases we will apply the skewed join optimization:
-      //   1. optimize the skew join without extra shuffle
-      //   2. optimize the skew join with extra shuffle but the force-apply config is true.
-      if (requirementSatisfied) {
-        optimized.transform {
-          case SkewJoinChildWrapper(child) => child
-        }
-      } else if (conf.getConf(SQLConf.ADAPTIVE_FORCE_OPTIMIZE_SKEWED_JOIN)) {
-        ensureRequirements.apply(optimized).transform {
-          case SkewJoinChildWrapper(child) => child
-        }
-      } else {
-        plan
+    } else if (conf.getConf(SQLConf.ADAPTIVE_FORCE_OPTIMIZE_SKEWED_JOIN)) {
+      ensureRequirements.apply(optimized).transform {
+        case SkewJoinChildWrapper(child) => child
       }
     } else {
       plan
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AdaptiveQueryExecSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AdaptiveQueryExecSuite.scala
index 07bc5282faa87..51d476703a768 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AdaptiveQueryExecSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AdaptiveQueryExecSuite.scala
@@ -2310,6 +2310,53 @@ class AdaptiveQueryExecSuite
       assert(bhj.length == 1)
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-37328: skew join with 3 tables") {
+    withSQLConf(
+      SQLConf.ADAPTIVE_EXECUTION_ENABLED.key -> "true",
+      SQLConf.AUTO_BROADCASTJOIN_THRESHOLD.key -> "-1",
+      SQLConf.SKEW_JOIN_SKEWED_PARTITION_THRESHOLD.key -> "100",
+      SQLConf.ADVISORY_PARTITION_SIZE_IN_BYTES.key -> "100",
+      SQLConf.COALESCE_PARTITIONS_MIN_PARTITION_NUM.key -> "1",
+      SQLConf.SHUFFLE_PARTITIONS.key -> "10") {
+      withTempView("skewData1", "skewData2", "skewData3") {
+        spark
+          .range(0, 1000, 1, 10)
+          .selectExpr("id % 3 as key1", "id % 3 as value1")
+          .createOrReplaceTempView("skewData1")
+        spark
+          .range(0, 1000, 1, 10)
+          .selectExpr("id % 1 as key2", "id as value2")
+          .createOrReplaceTempView("skewData2")
+        spark
+          .range(0, 1000, 1, 10)
+          .selectExpr("id % 1 as key3", "id as value3")
+          .createOrReplaceTempView("skewData3")
+
+        // skewedJoin doesn't happen in last stage
+        val (_, adaptive1) =
+          runAdaptiveAndVerifyResult("SELECT key1 FROM skewData1 JOIN skewData2 ON key1 = key2 " +
+            "JOIN skewData3 ON value2 = value3")
+        val shuffles1 = collect(adaptive1) {
+          case s: ShuffleExchangeExec => s
+        }
+        assert(shuffles1.size == 4)
+        val smj1 = findTopLevelSortMergeJoin(adaptive1)
+        assert(smj1.size == 2 && smj1.last.isSkewJoin && !smj1.head.isSkewJoin)
+
+        // Query has two skewJoin in two continuous stages.
+        val (_, adaptive2) =
+          runAdaptiveAndVerifyResult("SELECT key1 FROM skewData1 JOIN skewData2 ON key1 = key2 " +
+            "JOIN skewData3 ON value1 = value3")
+        val shuffles2 = collect(adaptive2) {
+          case s: ShuffleExchangeExec => s
+        }
+        assert(shuffles2.size == 4)
+        val smj2 = findTopLevelSortMergeJoin(adaptive2)
+        assert(smj2.size == 2 && smj2.forall(_.isSkewJoin))
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 /**