diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala
index 0a5569b0a444..d18076c49a79 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala
@@ -309,69 +309,68 @@ private[hive] class HiveMetastoreCatalog(val client: ClientInterface, hive: Hive
     }
 
     // TODO: Support persisting partitioned data source relations in Hive compatible format
-    val hiveTable = (maybeSerDe, dataSource.relation) match {
+    val qualifiedTableName = tableIdent.quotedString
+    val (hiveCompitiableTable, logMessage) = (maybeSerDe, dataSource.relation) match {
       case (Some(serde), relation: HadoopFsRelation)
-          if relation.paths.length == 1 && relation.partitionColumns.isEmpty =>
-        // Hive ParquetSerDe doesn't support decimal type until 1.2.0.
-        val isParquetSerDe = serde.inputFormat.exists(_.toLowerCase.contains("parquet"))
-        val hasDecimalFields = relation.schema.existsRecursively(_.isInstanceOf[DecimalType])
-
-        val hiveParquetSupportsDecimal = client.version match {
-          case org.apache.spark.sql.hive.client.hive.v1_2 => true
-          case _ => false
-        }
-
-        if (isParquetSerDe && !hiveParquetSupportsDecimal && hasDecimalFields) {
-          // If Hive version is below 1.2.0, we cannot save Hive compatible schema to
-          // metastore when the file format is Parquet and the schema has DecimalType.
-          logWarning {
-            "Persisting Parquet relation with decimal field(s) into Hive metastore in Spark SQL " +
-              "specific format, which is NOT compatible with Hive. Because ParquetHiveSerDe in " +
-              s"Hive ${client.version.fullVersion} doesn't support decimal type. See HIVE-6384."
-          }
-          newSparkSQLSpecificMetastoreTable()
-        } else {
-          logInfo {
-            "Persisting data source relation with a single input path into Hive metastore in " +
-              s"Hive compatible format. Input path: ${relation.paths.head}"
-          }
-          newHiveCompatibleMetastoreTable(relation, serde)
-        }
+        if relation.paths.length == 1 && relation.partitionColumns.isEmpty =>
+        val hiveTable = newHiveCompatibleMetastoreTable(relation, serde)
+        val message =
+          s"Persisting data source relation $qualifiedTableName with a single input path " +
+            s"into Hive metastore in Hive compatible format. Input path: ${relation.paths.head}."
+        (Some(hiveTable), message)
 
       case (Some(serde), relation: HadoopFsRelation) if relation.partitionColumns.nonEmpty =>
-        logWarning {
-          "Persisting partitioned data source relation into Hive metastore in " +
-            s"Spark SQL specific format, which is NOT compatible with Hive.  Input path(s): " +
-            relation.paths.mkString("\n", "\n", "")
-        }
-        newSparkSQLSpecificMetastoreTable()
+        val message =
+          s"Persisting partitioned data source relation $qualifiedTableName into " +
+            "Hive metastore in Spark SQL specific format, which is NOT compatible with Hive. " +
+            "Input path(s): " + relation.paths.mkString("\n", "\n", "")
+        (None, message)
 
       case (Some(serde), relation: HadoopFsRelation) =>
-        logWarning {
-          "Persisting data source relation with multiple input paths into Hive metastore in " +
-            s"Spark SQL specific format, which is NOT compatible with Hive.  Input paths: " +
-            relation.paths.mkString("\n", "\n", "")
-        }
-        newSparkSQLSpecificMetastoreTable()
+        val message =
+          s"Persisting data source relation $qualifiedTableName with multiple input paths into " +
+            "Hive metastore in Spark SQL specific format, which is NOT compatible with Hive. " +
+            s"Input paths: " + relation.paths.mkString("\n", "\n", "")
+        (None, message)
 
       case (Some(serde), _) =>
-        logWarning {
-          s"Data source relation is not a ${classOf[HadoopFsRelation].getSimpleName}. " +
-            "Persisting it into Hive metastore in Spark SQL specific format, " +
-            "which is NOT compatible with Hive."
-        }
-        newSparkSQLSpecificMetastoreTable()
+        val message =
+          s"Data source relation $qualifiedTableName is not a " +
+            s"${classOf[HadoopFsRelation].getSimpleName}. Persisting it into Hive metastore " +
+            "in Spark SQL specific format, which is NOT compatible with Hive."
+        (None, message)
 
       case _ =>
-        logWarning {
+        val message =
           s"Couldn't find corresponding Hive SerDe for data source provider $provider. " +
-            "Persisting data source relation into Hive metastore in Spark SQL specific format, " +
-            "which is NOT compatible with Hive."
-        }
-        newSparkSQLSpecificMetastoreTable()
+            s"Persisting data source relation $qualifiedTableName into Hive metastore in " +
+            s"Spark SQL specific format, which is NOT compatible with Hive."
+        (None, message)
     }
 
-    client.createTable(hiveTable)
+    (hiveCompitiableTable, logMessage) match {
+      case (Some(table), message) =>
+        // We first try to save the metadata of the table in a Hive compatiable way.
+        // If Hive throws an error, we fall back to save its metadata in the Spark SQL
+        // specific way.
+        try {
+          logInfo(message)
+          client.createTable(table)
+        } catch {
+          case throwable: Throwable =>
+            val warningMessage =
+              s"Could not persist $qualifiedTableName in a Hive compatible way. Persisting " +
+                s"it into Hive metastore in Spark SQL specific format."
+            logWarning(warningMessage, throwable)
+            val sparkSqlSpecificTable = newSparkSQLSpecificMetastoreTable()
+            client.createTable(sparkSqlSpecificTable)
+        }
+
+      case (None, message) =>
+        logWarning(message)
+        val hiveTable = newSparkSQLSpecificMetastoreTable()
+        client.createTable(hiveTable)
+    }
   }
 
   def hiveDefaultTableFilePath(tableName: String): String = {