diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index 04a3fc4b63050..60c54dfc98a58 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ object SparkParallelTestGrouping {
     "org.apache.spark.ml.classification.LogisticRegressionSuite",
     "org.apache.spark.ml.classification.LinearSVCSuite",
     "org.apache.spark.sql.SQLQueryTestSuite",
+    "org.apache.spark.sql.hive.thriftserver.SparkExecuteStatementOperationSuite",
     "org.apache.spark.sql.hive.thriftserver.ThriftServerQueryTestSuite",
     "org.apache.spark.sql.hive.thriftserver.SparkSQLEnvSuite",
     "org.apache.spark.sql.hive.thriftserver.ui.ThriftServerPageSuite",
diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkExecuteStatementOperation.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkExecuteStatementOperation.scala
index 1404ece76449e..db88264685a54 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkExecuteStatementOperation.scala
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkExecuteStatementOperation.scala
@@ -342,8 +342,8 @@ private[hive] class SparkExecuteStatementOperation(
     synchronized {
       if (!getStatus.getState.isTerminal) {
         logInfo(s"Cancel query with $statementId")
-        cleanup()
         setState(OperationState.CANCELED)
+        cleanup()
         HiveThriftServer2.eventManager.onStatementCanceled(statementId)
       }
     }
diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkOperation.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkOperation.scala
index 3da568cfa256e..59516dc26bae6 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkOperation.scala
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkOperation.scala
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ private[hive] trait SparkOperation extends Operation with Logging {
   }
 
   abstract override def close(): Unit = {
-    cleanup()
     super.close()
+    cleanup()
     logInfo(s"Close statement with $statementId")
     HiveThriftServer2.eventManager.onOperationClosed(statementId)
   }
diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkExecuteStatementOperationSuite.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkExecuteStatementOperationSuite.scala
index 13df3fabc4919..4c2f29e0bf394 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkExecuteStatementOperationSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkExecuteStatementOperationSuite.scala
@@ -17,10 +17,25 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.hive.thriftserver
 
+import java.util
+import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore
+
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.hive.conf.HiveConf
+import org.apache.hive.service.cli.OperationState
+import org.apache.hive.service.cli.session.{HiveSession, HiveSessionImpl}
+import org.mockito.Mockito.{doReturn, mock, spy, when, RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS}
+import org.mockito.invocation.InvocationOnMock
+
 import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
+import org.apache.spark.sql.{DataFrame, SQLContext}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.thriftserver.ui.HiveThriftServer2EventManager
+import org.apache.spark.sql.test.SharedSparkSession
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{IntegerType, NullType, StringType, StructField, StructType}
 
-class SparkExecuteStatementOperationSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
+class SparkExecuteStatementOperationSuite extends SparkFunSuite with SharedSparkSession {
+
   test("SPARK-17112 `select null` via JDBC triggers IllegalArgumentException in ThriftServer") {
     val field1 = StructField("NULL", NullType)
     val field2 = StructField("(IF(true, NULL, NULL))", NullType)
@@ -42,4 +57,68 @@ class SparkExecuteStatementOperationSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     assert(columns.get(1).getType().getName == "INT")
     assert(columns.get(1).getComment() == "")
   }
+
+  Seq(
+    (OperationState.CANCELED, (_: SparkExecuteStatementOperation).cancel()),
+    (OperationState.CLOSED, (_: SparkExecuteStatementOperation).close())
+  ).foreach { case (finalState, transition) =>
+    test("SPARK-32057 SparkExecuteStatementOperation should not transiently become ERROR " +
+      s"before being set to $finalState") {
+      val hiveSession = new HiveSessionImpl(ThriftserverShimUtils.testedProtocolVersions.head,
+      "username", "password", new HiveConf, "ip address")
+      hiveSession.open(new util.HashMap)
+
+      HiveThriftServer2.eventManager = mock(classOf[HiveThriftServer2EventManager])
+
+      val spySqlContext = spy(sqlContext)
+
+      // When cancel() is called on the operation, cleanup causes an exception to be thrown inside
+      // of execute(). This should not cause the state to become ERROR. The exception here will be
+      // triggered in our custom cleanup().
+      val signal = new Semaphore(0)
+      val dataFrame = mock(classOf[DataFrame], RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS)
+      when(dataFrame.collect()).thenAnswer((_: InvocationOnMock) => {
+        signal.acquire()
+        throw new RuntimeException("Operation was cancelled by test cleanup.")
+      })
+      val statement = "stmt"
+      doReturn(dataFrame, Nil: _*).when(spySqlContext).sql(statement)
+
+      val executeStatementOperation = new MySparkExecuteStatementOperation(spySqlContext,
+        hiveSession, statement, signal, finalState)
+
+      val run = new Thread() {
+        override def run(): Unit = executeStatementOperation.runInternal()
+      }
+      assert(executeStatementOperation.getStatus.getState === OperationState.INITIALIZED)
+      run.start()
+      eventually(timeout(5.seconds)) {
+        assert(executeStatementOperation.getStatus.getState === OperationState.RUNNING)
+      }
+      transition(executeStatementOperation)
+      run.join()
+      assert(executeStatementOperation.getStatus.getState === finalState)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private class MySparkExecuteStatementOperation(
+      sqlContext: SQLContext,
+      hiveSession: HiveSession,
+      statement: String,
+      signal: Semaphore,
+      finalState: OperationState)
+    extends SparkExecuteStatementOperation(sqlContext, hiveSession, statement,
+      new util.HashMap, false) {
+
+    override def cleanup(): Unit = {
+      super.cleanup()
+      signal.release()
+      // At this point, operation should already be in finalState (set by either close() or
+      // cancel()). We want to check if it stays in finalState after the exception thrown by
+      // releasing the semaphore propagates. We hence need to sleep for a short while.
+      Thread.sleep(1000)
+      // State should not be ERROR
+      assert(getStatus.getState === finalState)
+    }
+  }
 }