diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetTableOperations.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetTableOperations.scala
index 74c43e053b03c..591997c98dc9f 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetTableOperations.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetTableOperations.scala
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ case class ParquetTableScan(
       }
     } else {
       baseRDD.map(_._2)
-    }.filter(_ != null) // Parquet's record filters may produce null values
+    }
   }
 
   /**