diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/orc/OrcFileFormat.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/orc/OrcFileFormat.scala
index ce851c58cc4f..39a876316053 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/orc/OrcFileFormat.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/orc/OrcFileFormat.scala
@@ -228,13 +228,4 @@ class OrcFileFormat
 
     case _ => false
   }
-
-  override def supportFieldName(name: String): Boolean = {
-    try {
-      TypeDescription.fromString(s"struct<`$name`:int>")
-      true
-    } catch {
-      case _: IllegalArgumentException => false
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
index 523a8e242e7e..ffc3db31c90d 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
@@ -4262,6 +4262,25 @@ class SQLQuerySuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession with AdaptiveSpark
         Row(2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20) :: Nil)
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-37965: Spark support read/write orc file with invalid char in field name") {
+    withTempDir { dir =>
+      Seq((1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22))
+        .toDF("max(t)", "max(t", "=", "\n", ";", "a b", "{", ".", "a.b", "a", ",")
+        .repartition(1)
+        .write.mode(SaveMode.Overwrite).orc(dir.getAbsolutePath)
+      val df = spark.read.orc(dir.getAbsolutePath)
+      checkAnswer(df,
+        Row(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) ::
+          Row(2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22) :: Nil)
+      assert(df.schema.names.sameElements(
+        Array("max(t)", "max(t", "=", "\n", ";", "a b", "{", ".", "a.b", "a", ",")))
+      checkAnswer(df.select("`max(t)`", "`a b`", "`{`", "`.`", "`a.b`"),
+        Row(1, 6, 7, 8, 9) :: Row(2, 12, 14, 16, 18) :: Nil)
+      checkAnswer(df.where("`a.b` > 10"),
+        Row(2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22) :: Nil)
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 case class Foo(bar: Option[String])
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala
index e690d026053d..d3f5d7613ace 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala
@@ -2213,8 +2213,9 @@ abstract class SQLQuerySuiteBase extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils with TestHi
   }
 
   test("SPARK-32889: ORC table column name supports special characters") {
-    // " " "," is not allowed.
-    Seq("$", ";", "{", "}", "(", ")", "\n", "\t", "=").foreach { name =>
+    // "," is not allowed since cannot create a table having a column whose name
+    // contains commas in Hive metastore.
+    Seq("$", ";", "{", "}", "(", ")", "\n", "\t", "=", " ", "a b").foreach { name =>
       val source = "ORC"
       Seq(s"CREATE TABLE t32889(`$name` INT) USING $source",
           s"CREATE TABLE t32889 STORED AS $source AS SELECT 1 `$name`",