diff --git a/gluten-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/ColumnarCollapseTransformStages.scala b/gluten-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/ColumnarCollapseTransformStages.scala
index 9878043e0a34..c98745fd1f64 100644
--- a/gluten-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/ColumnarCollapseTransformStages.scala
+++ b/gluten-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/ColumnarCollapseTransformStages.scala
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
  * would be transformed to `ValueStreamNode` at native side.
  */
 case class InputIteratorTransformer(child: SparkPlan) extends UnaryTransformSupport {
+  // `InputAdapter` is a case class, so `ColumnarInputAdapter.withNewChildren()` will return
+  // `InputAdapter`.
+  assert(child.isInstanceOf[InputAdapter])
 
   @transient
   override lazy val metrics: Map[String, SQLMetric] =
@@ -66,6 +69,17 @@ case class InputIteratorTransformer(child: SparkPlan) extends UnaryTransformSupp
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * InputAdapter is used to hide a SparkPlan from a subtree that supports transform. Note, if we
+ * remove this adaptor, the SQL UI graph would be broken.
+ */
+class ColumnarInputAdapter(child: SparkPlan) extends InputAdapter(child) {
+  // this is the most important effect of this class
+  override def supportCodegen: Boolean = false
+
+  override def nodeName: String = s"InputAdapter"
+}
+
 /**
  * Implemented by referring to spark's CollapseCodegenStages.
  *
@@ -153,6 +167,6 @@ object ColumnarCollapseTransformStages {
   val transformStageCounter = new AtomicInteger(0)
 
   def wrapInputIteratorTransformer(plan: SparkPlan): TransformSupport = {
-    InputIteratorTransformer(plan)
+    InputIteratorTransformer(new ColumnarInputAdapter(plan))
   }
 }