diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveQl.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveQl.scala
index e6ab68b563f8..d18ccf816748 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveQl.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveQl.scala
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ private[hive] object HiveQl {
         // TOK_DESTINATION means to overwrite the table.
         val resultDestination =
           (intoClause orElse destClause).getOrElse(sys.error("No destination found."))
-        val overwrite = if (intoClause.isEmpty) true else false
+        val overwrite = intoClause.isEmpty
         nodeToDest(
           resultDestination,
           withLimit,