diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveClientImpl.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveClientImpl.scala
index b51eae9c6cd9..8b33ff203677 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveClientImpl.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveClientImpl.scala
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ private[hive] object HiveClientImpl {
     }
     hiveTable.setFields(schema.asJava)
     hiveTable.setPartCols(partCols.asJava)
-    userName.foreach(hiveTable.setOwner)
+    Option(table.owner).filter(_.nonEmpty).orElse(userName).foreach(hiveTable.setOwner)
     hiveTable.setCreateTime((table.createTime / 1000).toInt)
     hiveTable.setLastAccessTime((table.lastAccessTime / 1000).toInt)
     table.storage.locationUri.map(CatalogUtils.URIToString).foreach { loc =>
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalogSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalogSuite.scala
index 0a522b6a11c8..46623000405c 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalogSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalogSuite.scala
@@ -113,4 +113,19 @@ class HiveExternalCatalogSuite extends ExternalCatalogSuite {
     catalog.createDatabase(newDb("dbWithNullDesc").copy(description = null), ignoreIfExists = false)
     assert(catalog.getDatabase("dbWithNullDesc").description == "")
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-29498 CatalogTable to HiveTable should not change the table's ownership") {
+    val catalog = newBasicCatalog()
+    val owner = "SPARK-29498"
+    val hiveTable = CatalogTable(
+      identifier = TableIdentifier("spark_29498", Some("db1")),
+      tableType = CatalogTableType.MANAGED,
+      storage = storageFormat,
+      owner = owner,
+      schema = new StructType().add("i", "int"),
+      provider = Some("hive"))
+
+    catalog.createTable(hiveTable, ignoreIfExists = false)
+    assert(catalog.getTable("db1", "spark_29498").owner === owner)
+  }
 }