diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/CatalystSchemaConverter.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/CatalystSchemaConverter.scala
index 2be7c64612cd2..94cce9c596fcd 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/CatalystSchemaConverter.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/CatalystSchemaConverter.scala
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ private[parquet] class CatalystSchemaConverter(
           field.name,
           Types
             .buildGroup(REPEATED)
-            .addField(convertField(StructField("element", elementType, nullable)))
+            .addField(convertField(StructField("array", elementType, nullable)))
             .named(CatalystConverter.ARRAY_CONTAINS_NULL_BAG_SCHEMA_NAME))
 
       // Spark 1.4.x and prior versions convert ArrayType with non-nullable elements into a 2-level
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ private[parquet] class CatalystSchemaConverter(
         ConversionPatterns.listType(
           repetition,
           field.name,
-          convertField(StructField("element", elementType, nullable), REPEATED))
+          convertField(StructField("array", elementType, nullable), REPEATED))
 
       // Spark 1.4.x and prior versions convert MapType into a 3-level group annotated by
       // MAP_KEY_VALUE.  This is covered by `convertGroupField(field: GroupType): DataType`.
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetSchemaSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetSchemaSuite.scala
index 35d3c33f99a06..54be9685c868c 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetSchemaSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetSchemaSuite.scala
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class ParquetSchemaInferenceSuite extends ParquetSchemaTest {
     """
       |message root {
       |  optional group _1 (LIST) {
-      |    repeated int32 element;
+      |    repeated int32 array;
       |  }
       |}
     """.stripMargin)
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class ParquetSchemaInferenceSuite extends ParquetSchemaTest {
       |message root {
       |  optional group _1 (LIST) {
       |    repeated group bag {
-      |      optional int32 element;
+      |      optional int32 array;
       |    }
       |  }
       |}
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ class ParquetSchemaInferenceSuite extends ParquetSchemaTest {
       |        optional binary _1 (UTF8);
       |        optional group _2 (LIST) {
       |          repeated group bag {
-      |            optional group element {
+      |            optional group array {
       |              required int32 _1;
       |              required double _2;
       |            }
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ class ParquetSchemaSuite extends ParquetSchemaTest {
     """message root {
       |  optional group f1 (LIST) {
       |    repeated group list {
-      |      optional int32 element;
+      |      optional int32 array;
       |    }
       |  }
       |}
@@ -478,11 +478,12 @@ class ParquetSchemaSuite extends ParquetSchemaTest {
     StructType(Seq(
       StructField(
         "f1",
-        ArrayType(IntegerType, containsNull = true),
+        ArrayType(
+          StructType(Seq(StructField("num", IntegerType))), containsNull = false),
         nullable = true))),
     """message root {
       |  optional group f1 (LIST) {
-      |    repeated group element {
+      |    repeated group array {
       |      optional int32 num;
       |    }
       |  }
@@ -496,7 +497,7 @@ class ParquetSchemaSuite extends ParquetSchemaTest {
     """message root {
       |  optional group f1 (LIST) {
       |    repeated group list {
-      |      required int32 element;
+      |      required int32 array;
       |    }
       |  }
       |}
@@ -505,10 +506,13 @@ class ParquetSchemaSuite extends ParquetSchemaTest {
   testParquetToCatalyst(
     "Backwards-compatibility: LIST with non-nullable element type - 2",
     StructType(Seq(
-      StructField("f1", ArrayType(IntegerType, containsNull = false), nullable = true))),
+      StructField("f1",
+      ArrayType(StructType(Seq(StructField("num", IntegerType, nullable = false))),
+        containsNull = false),
+      nullable = true))),
     """message root {
       |  optional group f1 (LIST) {
-      |    repeated group element {
+      |    repeated group array {
       |      required int32 num;
       |    }
       |  }
@@ -521,7 +525,7 @@ class ParquetSchemaSuite extends ParquetSchemaTest {
       StructField("f1", ArrayType(IntegerType, containsNull = false), nullable = true))),
     """message root {
       |  optional group f1 (LIST) {
-      |    repeated int32 element;
+      |    repeated int32 array;
       |  }
       |}
     """.stripMargin)
@@ -539,7 +543,7 @@ class ParquetSchemaSuite extends ParquetSchemaTest {
         nullable = true))),
     """message root {
       |  optional group f1 (LIST) {
-      |    repeated group element {
+      |    repeated group array {
       |      required binary str (UTF8);
       |      required int32 num;
       |    }
@@ -616,7 +620,7 @@ class ParquetSchemaSuite extends ParquetSchemaTest {
     """message root {
       |  optional group f1 (LIST) {
       |    repeated group bag {
-      |      optional int32 element;
+      |      optional int32 array;
       |    }
       |  }
       |}
@@ -648,7 +652,7 @@ class ParquetSchemaSuite extends ParquetSchemaTest {
         nullable = true))),
     """message root {
       |  optional group f1 (LIST) {
-      |    repeated int32 element;
+      |    repeated int32 array;
       |  }
       |}
     """.stripMargin)