diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/exchange/EnsureRequirements.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/exchange/EnsureRequirements.scala
index 3242ac21ab32..c242320635a5 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/exchange/EnsureRequirements.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/exchange/EnsureRequirements.scala
@@ -85,11 +85,16 @@ case class EnsureRequirements(conf: SQLConf) extends Rule[SparkPlan] {
         childrenIndexes.map(children).filterNot(_.isInstanceOf[ShuffleExchangeExec])
           .map(_.outputPartitioning.numPartitions)
       val expectedChildrenNumPartitions = if (nonShuffleChildrenNumPartitions.nonEmpty) {
-        // Here we pick the max number of partitions among these non-shuffle children as the
-        // expected number of shuffle partitions. However, if it's smaller than
-        // `conf.numShufflePartitions`, we pick `conf.numShufflePartitions` as the
-        // expected number of shuffle partitions.
-        math.max(nonShuffleChildrenNumPartitions.max, conf.defaultNumShufflePartitions)
+        if (nonShuffleChildrenNumPartitions.length == childrenIndexes.length) {
+          // Here we pick the max number of partitions among these non-shuffle children.
+          nonShuffleChildrenNumPartitions.max
+        } else {
+          // Here we pick the max number of partitions among these non-shuffle children as the
+          // expected number of shuffle partitions. However, if it's smaller than
+          // `conf.numShufflePartitions`, we pick `conf.numShufflePartitions` as the
+          // expected number of shuffle partitions.
+          math.max(nonShuffleChildrenNumPartitions.max, conf.defaultNumShufflePartitions)
+        }
       } else {
         childrenNumPartitions.max
       }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/BucketedReadSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/BucketedReadSuite.scala
index 14ba008e8996..558bfd7f4675 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/BucketedReadSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/BucketedReadSuite.scala
@@ -843,4 +843,32 @@ abstract class BucketedReadSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-32767 Bucket join should work if SHUFFLE_PARTITIONS larger than bucket number") {
+    withSQLConf(
+      SQLConf.SHUFFLE_PARTITIONS.key -> "9",
+      SQLConf.COALESCE_PARTITIONS_INITIAL_PARTITION_NUM.key -> "10")  {
+
+      val testSpec1 = BucketedTableTestSpec(
+        Some(BucketSpec(8, Seq("i", "j"), Seq("i", "j"))),
+        numPartitions = 1,
+        expectedShuffle = false,
+        expectedSort = false)
+      val testSpec2 = BucketedTableTestSpec(
+        Some(BucketSpec(6, Seq("i", "j"), Seq("i", "j"))),
+        numPartitions = 1,
+        expectedShuffle = true,
+        expectedSort = true)
+      Seq(false, true).foreach { enableAdaptive =>
+        withSQLConf(SQLConf.ADAPTIVE_EXECUTION_ENABLED.key -> s"$enableAdaptive") {
+          Seq((testSpec1, testSpec2), (testSpec2, testSpec1)).foreach { specs =>
+            testBucketing(
+              bucketedTableTestSpecLeft = specs._1,
+              bucketedTableTestSpecRight = specs._2,
+              joinCondition = joinCondition(Seq("i", "j")))
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }