diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala
index b3aba4f68ddf..ad2a07b6b8e4 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class Analyzer(
             logDebug(s"Resolving $u to $result")
             result
           case UnresolvedGetField(child, fieldName) if child.resolved =>
-            q.resolveGetField(child, fieldName, resolver)
+            GetField(child, fieldName, resolver)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypes.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypes.scala
index 3b2b9211268a..fc1f69655963 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypes.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypes.scala
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions
 
 import scala.collection.Map
 
+import org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.Resolver
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 
 /**
@@ -81,6 +83,41 @@ trait GetField extends UnaryExpression {
   def field: StructField
 }
 
+object GetField {
+  /**
+   * Returns the resolved `GetField`, and report error if no desired field or over one
+   * desired fields are found.
+   */
+  def apply(
+      expr: Expression,
+      fieldName: String,
+      resolver: Resolver): GetField = {
+    def findField(fields: Array[StructField]): Int = {
+      val checkField = (f: StructField) => resolver(f.name, fieldName)
+      val ordinal = fields.indexWhere(checkField)
+      if (ordinal == -1) {
+        throw new AnalysisException(
+          s"No such struct field $fieldName in ${fields.map(_.name).mkString(", ")}")
+      } else if (fields.indexWhere(checkField, ordinal + 1) != -1) {
+        throw new AnalysisException(
+          s"Ambiguous reference to fields ${fields.filter(checkField).mkString(", ")}")
+      } else {
+        ordinal
+      }
+    }
+    expr.dataType match {
+      case StructType(fields) =>
+        val ordinal = findField(fields)
+        StructGetField(expr, fields(ordinal), ordinal)
+      case ArrayType(StructType(fields), containsNull) =>
+        val ordinal = findField(fields)
+        ArrayGetField(expr, fields(ordinal), ordinal, containsNull)
+      case otherType =>
+        throw new AnalysisException(s"GetField is not valid on fields of type $otherType")
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns the value of fields in the Struct `child`.
  */
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/LogicalPlan.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/LogicalPlan.scala
index d8f5858f5033..579a0fb8d3f9 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/LogicalPlan.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/LogicalPlan.scala
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ abstract class LogicalPlan extends QueryPlan[LogicalPlan] with Logging {
           // For example, consider "a.b.c", where "a" is resolved to an existing attribute.
           // Then this will add GetField("c", GetField("b", a)), and alias
           // the final expression as "c".
-          val fieldExprs = nestedFields.foldLeft(a: Expression)(resolveGetField(_, _, resolver))
+          val fieldExprs = nestedFields.foldLeft(a: Expression)(GetField(_, _, resolver))
           val aliasName = nestedFields.last
           Some(Alias(fieldExprs, aliasName)())
         } catch {
@@ -229,39 +229,6 @@ abstract class LogicalPlan extends QueryPlan[LogicalPlan] with Logging {
           s"Reference '$name' is ambiguous, could be: $referenceNames.")
     }
   }
-
-  /**
-   * Returns the resolved `GetField`, and report error if no desired field or over one
-   * desired fields are found.
-   */
-  def resolveGetField(
-      expr: Expression,
-      fieldName: String,
-      resolver: Resolver): Expression = {
-    def findField(fields: Array[StructField]): Int = {
-      val checkField = (f: StructField) => resolver(f.name, fieldName)
-      val ordinal = fields.indexWhere(checkField)
-      if (ordinal == -1) {
-        throw new AnalysisException(
-          s"No such struct field $fieldName in ${fields.map(_.name).mkString(", ")}")
-      } else if (fields.indexWhere(checkField, ordinal + 1) != -1) {
-        throw new AnalysisException(
-          s"Ambiguous reference to fields ${fields.filter(checkField).mkString(", ")}")
-      } else {
-        ordinal
-      }
-    }
-    expr.dataType match {
-      case StructType(fields) =>
-        val ordinal = findField(fields)
-        StructGetField(expr, fields(ordinal), ordinal)
-      case ArrayType(StructType(fields), containsNull) =>
-        val ordinal = findField(fields)
-        ArrayGetField(expr, fields(ordinal), ordinal, containsNull)
-      case otherType =>
-        throw new AnalysisException(s"GetField is not valid on fields of type $otherType")
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 /**