diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileScanRDD.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileScanRDD.scala
index 99fc78ff3e49b..345c9d82ca0e7 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileScanRDD.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileScanRDD.scala
@@ -89,14 +89,6 @@ class FileScanRDD(
         inputMetrics.setBytesRead(existingBytesRead + getBytesReadCallback())
       }
 
-      // If we can't get the bytes read from the FS stats, fall back to the file size,
-      // which may be inaccurate.
-      private def updateBytesReadWithFileSize(): Unit = {
-        if (currentFile != null) {
-          inputMetrics.incBytesRead(currentFile.length)
-        }
-      }
-
       private[this] val files = split.asInstanceOf[FilePartition].files.toIterator
       private[this] var currentFile: PartitionedFile = null
       private[this] var currentIterator: Iterator[Object] = null
@@ -139,7 +131,6 @@ class FileScanRDD(
 
       /** Advances to the next file. Returns true if a new non-empty iterator is available. */
       private def nextIterator(): Boolean = {
-        updateBytesReadWithFileSize()
         if (files.hasNext) {
           currentFile = files.next()
           logInfo(s"Reading File $currentFile")
@@ -208,7 +199,6 @@ class FileScanRDD(
 
       override def close(): Unit = {
         updateBytesRead()
-        updateBytesReadWithFileSize()
         InputFileBlockHolder.unset()
       }
     }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileSourceSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileSourceSuite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..10ad28594d8b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileSourceSuite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
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+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources
+
+import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
+
+import org.apache.spark.scheduler.{SparkListener, SparkListenerTaskEnd}
+import org.apache.spark.sql._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.PredicateHelper
+import org.apache.spark.sql.test.SharedSQLContext
+
+
+class FileSourceSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext with PredicateHelper {
+
+  test("[SPARK-25237] remove updateBytesReadWithFileSize in FileScanRdd") {
+    withTempPath { p =>
+      val path = p.getAbsolutePath
+      spark.range(1000).selectExpr("id AS c0", "rand() AS c1").repartition(10).write.csv(path)
+      val df = spark.read.csv(path).limit(1)
+
+      val bytesReads = new ArrayBuffer[Long]()
+      val bytesReadListener = new SparkListener() {
+        override def onTaskEnd(taskEnd: SparkListenerTaskEnd) {
+          bytesReads += taskEnd.taskMetrics.inputMetrics.bytesRead
+        }
+      }
+      // Avoid receiving earlier taskEnd events
+      spark.sparkContext.listenerBus.waitUntilEmpty(500)
+
+      spark.sparkContext.addSparkListener(bytesReadListener)
+
+      df.collect()
+
+      spark.sparkContext.listenerBus.waitUntilEmpty(500)
+      spark.sparkContext.removeSparkListener(bytesReadListener)
+
+      assert(bytesReads.sum < 3000)
+    }
+  }
+}