diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
index 5c8782fc7a49d..0dd12ee442d3d 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ class HiveContext(sc: SparkContext) extends SQLContext(sc) {
 
   /* An analyzer that uses the Hive metastore. */
   @transient
-  override protected[sql] lazy val analyzer =
+  override protected[sql] lazy val analyzer: Analyzer =
     new Analyzer(catalog, functionRegistry, caseSensitive = false) {
       override val extendedResolutionRules =
         catalog.ParquetConversions ::