diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/shuffle/sort/UnsafeShuffleWriter.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/shuffle/sort/UnsafeShuffleWriter.java
index 13fd18c0942b1..ac9d335d63591 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/shuffle/sort/UnsafeShuffleWriter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/shuffle/sort/UnsafeShuffleWriter.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class UnsafeShuffleWriter<K, V> extends ShuffleWriter<K, V> {
   private final SparkConf sparkConf;
   private final boolean transferToEnabled;
   private final int initialSortBufferSize;
-  private final int inputBufferSizeInBytes;
+  private final int mergeBufferSizeInBytes;
 
   @Nullable private MapStatus mapStatus;
   @Nullable private ShuffleExternalSorter sorter;
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ public UnsafeShuffleWriter(
     this.transferToEnabled = (boolean) sparkConf.get(package$.MODULE$.SHUFFLE_MERGE_PREFER_NIO());
     this.initialSortBufferSize =
       (int) (long) sparkConf.get(package$.MODULE$.SHUFFLE_SORT_INIT_BUFFER_SIZE());
-    this.inputBufferSizeInBytes =
-      (int) (long) sparkConf.get(package$.MODULE$.SHUFFLE_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE()) * 1024;
+    this.mergeBufferSizeInBytes =
+      (int) (long) sparkConf.get(package$.MODULE$.SHUFFLE_FILE_MERGE_BUFFER_SIZE()) * 1024;
     open();
   }
 
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ private void mergeSpillsWithFileStream(
       for (int i = 0; i < spills.length; i++) {
         spillInputStreams[i] = new NioBufferedFileInputStream(
           spills[i].file,
-          inputBufferSizeInBytes);
+          mergeBufferSizeInBytes);
         // Only convert the partitionLengths when debug level is enabled.
         if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
           logger.debug("Partition lengths for mapId {} in Spill {}: {}", mapId, i,
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/package.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/package.scala
index 940d72df5df69..e9e411cc56b51 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/package.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/package.scala
@@ -1466,6 +1466,14 @@ package object config {
           s" ${ByteArrayMethods.MAX_ROUNDED_ARRAY_LENGTH / 1024}.")
       .createWithDefaultString("32k")
 
+  private[spark] val SHUFFLE_FILE_MERGE_BUFFER_SIZE =
+    ConfigBuilder("spark.shuffle.file.merge.buffer")
+      .doc("Size of the in-memory buffer for each shuffle file input stream, in KiB unless " +
+        "otherwise specified. These buffers use off-heap buffers and are related to the number " +
+        "of files in the shuffle file. Too large buffers should be avoided.")
+      .version("4.0.0")
+      .fallbackConf(SHUFFLE_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE)
+
   private[spark] val SHUFFLE_UNSAFE_FILE_OUTPUT_BUFFER_SIZE =
     ConfigBuilder("spark.shuffle.unsafe.file.output.buffer")
       .doc("(Deprecated since Spark 4.0, please use 'spark.shuffle.localDisk.file.output.buffer'.)")
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 2881660eded62..532da87f5626f 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -1029,6 +1029,16 @@ Apart from these, the following properties are also available, and may be useful
   </td>
   <td>1.4.0</td>
 </tr>
+<tr>
+  <td><code>spark.shuffle.file.merge.buffer</code></td>
+  <td>32k</td>
+  <td>
+    Size of the in-memory buffer for each shuffle file input stream, in KiB unless otherwise
+    specified. These buffers use off-heap buffers and are related to the number of files in
+    the shuffle file. Too large buffers should be avoided.
+  </td>
+  <td>4.0.0</td>
+</tr>
 <tr>
   <td><code>spark.shuffle.unsafe.file.output.buffer</code></td>
   <td>32k</td>