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 6a6ff6ca948c..c5e8a9f17640 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
@@ -299,6 +299,16 @@ class HadoopTableReader(
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * True if the new org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.InputFormat is implemented (except
+   * HiveHBaseTableInputFormat where although the new interface is implemented by base HBase class
+   * the table inicialization in the Hive layer only happens via the old interface methods -
+   * for more details see SPARK-32380).
+   */
+  private def compatibleWithNewHadoopRDD(inputClass: Class[_ <: oldInputClass[_, _]]): Boolean =
+    classOf[newInputClass[_, _]].isAssignableFrom(inputClass) &&
+      !inputClass.getName.equalsIgnoreCase("org.apache.hadoop.hive.hbase.HiveHBaseTableInputFormat")
+
   /**
    * The entry of creating a RDD.
    * [SPARK-26630] Using which HadoopRDD will be decided by the input format of tables.
@@ -307,7 +317,7 @@ class HadoopTableReader(
    */
   private def createHadoopRDD(localTableDesc: TableDesc, inputPathStr: String): RDD[Writable] = {
     val inputFormatClazz = localTableDesc.getInputFileFormatClass
-    if (classOf[newInputClass[_, _]].isAssignableFrom(inputFormatClazz)) {
+    if (compatibleWithNewHadoopRDD(inputFormatClazz)) {
       createNewHadoopRDD(localTableDesc, inputPathStr)
     } else {
       createOldHadoopRDD(localTableDesc, inputPathStr)
@@ -316,7 +326,7 @@ class HadoopTableReader(
 
   private def createHadoopRDD(partitionDesc: PartitionDesc, inputPathStr: String): RDD[Writable] = {
     val inputFormatClazz = partitionDesc.getInputFileFormatClass
-    if (classOf[newInputClass[_, _]].isAssignableFrom(inputFormatClazz)) {
+    if (compatibleWithNewHadoopRDD(inputFormatClazz)) {
       createNewHadoopRDD(partitionDesc, inputPathStr)
     } else {
       createOldHadoopRDD(partitionDesc, inputPathStr)