diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/TableReader.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/TableReader.scala
index eb9ce877fc8d..74e8a3247925 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/TableReader.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/TableReader.scala
@@ -299,10 +299,10 @@ class HadoopTableReader(
    */
   private def createHadoopRDD(localTableDesc: TableDesc, inputPathStr: String): RDD[Writable] = {
     val inputFormatClazz = localTableDesc.getInputFileFormatClass
-    if (classOf[newInputClass[_, _]].isAssignableFrom(inputFormatClazz)) {
-      createNewHadoopRDD(localTableDesc, inputPathStr)
-    } else {
+    if (classOf[oldInputClass[_, _]].isAssignableFrom(inputFormatClazz)) {
       createOldHadoopRDD(localTableDesc, inputPathStr)
+    } else {
+      createNewHadoopRDD(localTableDesc, inputPathStr)
     }
   }