diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVInferSchema.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVInferSchema.scala
index 78d1186538dbe..511aab3579d2a 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVInferSchema.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVInferSchema.scala
@@ -231,8 +231,8 @@ private[csv] object CSVTypeCast {
       castType: DataType,
       nullable: Boolean = true,
       options: CSVOptions = CSVOptions()): Any = {
-
-    if (datum == null || nullable && datum == options.nullValue) {
+    val isNull = datum == options.nullValue || datum == null
+    if (nullable && isNull) {
       null
     } else {
       castType match {