diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSource.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSource.scala
index 8494aef004bb..655a61655e39 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSource.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSource.scala
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class FileStreamSource(
 
   private val qualifiedBasePath: Path = {
     val fs = new Path(path).getFileSystem(sparkSession.sessionState.newHadoopConf())
-    fs.makeQualified(new Path(path))  // can contains glob patterns
+    fs.makeQualified(new Path(path))  // can contain glob patterns
   }
 
   private val optionsWithPartitionBasePath = sourceOptions.optionMapWithoutPath ++ {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/StreamExecution.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/StreamExecution.scala
index 3ca6feac05ce..5d18194ee90f 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/StreamExecution.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/StreamExecution.scala
@@ -408,16 +408,38 @@ class StreamExecution(
       case StreamingExecutionRelation(source, output) =>
         newData.get(source).map { data =>
           val newPlan = data.logicalPlan
-          assert(output.size == newPlan.output.size,
-            s"Invalid batch: ${Utils.truncatedString(output, ",")} != " +
-            s"${Utils.truncatedString(newPlan.output, ",")}")
-          replacements ++= output.zip(newPlan.output)
+          val newPlanOutput = newPlan.output
+          output.foreach { out =>
+            val outputInNewPlan = newPlanOutput.find { newPlanOut =>
+              // we can't use semanticEquals here because `AttributeReference.semanticEquals`
+              // checks the equality of expression id's, but we're guaranteed that they will be
+              // different here
+              out.name.toLowerCase == newPlanOut.name.toLowerCase &&
+                // the line below means that we don't support schema evolution for now
+                out.dataType == newPlanOut.dataType
+            }.getOrElse {
+              val availableColumns = newPlan.output.map(a => s"${a.name} of ${a.dataType}")
+              throw new AnalysisException(
+                s"""
+                   |Batch does not have expected schema
+                   |Missing Column: ${out.name} of ${out.dataType}
+                   |Available Columns: ${availableColumns.mkString(", ")}
+                   |
+                   |== Original ==
+                   |$logicalPlan
+                   |
+                   |== Batch ==
+                   |$newPlan
+                 """.stripMargin
+              )
+            }
+            replacements += out -> outputInNewPlan
+          }
           newPlan
         }.getOrElse {
           LocalRelation(output)
         }
     }
-
     // Rewire the plan to use the new attributes that were returned by the source.
     val replacementMap = AttributeMap(replacements)
     val triggerLogicalPlan = withNewSources transformAllExpressions {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/FileStreamSourceSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/FileStreamSourceSuite.scala
index b365af76c379..f47dc76b99b6 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/FileStreamSourceSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/FileStreamSourceSuite.scala
@@ -1009,6 +1009,33 @@ class FileStreamSourceSuite extends FileStreamSourceTest {
     val options = new FileStreamOptions(Map("maxfilespertrigger" -> "1"))
     assert(options.maxFilesPerTrigger == Some(1))
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-18407: Prune inferred partition columns from execution if not specified in schema") {
+    withTempDirs { case (src, tmp) =>
+      spark.range(4).select('id, 'id % 4 as 'part).coalesce(1).write
+        .partitionBy("part")
+        .mode("overwrite")
+        .parquet(src.toString)
+      val sdf = spark.readStream
+        .schema(StructType(Seq(StructField("id", LongType)))) // omit 'part'
+        .format("parquet")
+        .load(src.toString)
+      try {
+        val sq = sdf.writeStream
+          .queryName("assertion_test")
+          .format("memory")
+          .start()
+        // used to throw an assertion error
+        sq.processAllAvailable()
+        checkAnswer(
+          spark.table("assertion_test"),
+          Row(0) :: Row(1) :: Row(2) :: Row(3) :: Nil
+        )
+      } finally {
+        spark.streams.active.foreach(_.stop())
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 class FileStreamSourceStressTestSuite extends FileStreamSourceTest {