diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
index f6e0273ba2ee2..9d2891e4159eb 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
@@ -2657,13 +2657,15 @@ object SQLConf {
         "the side with a bigger number of buckets will be coalesced to have the same number " +
         "of buckets as the other side. Bigger number of buckets is divisible by the smaller " +
         "number of buckets. Bucket coalescing is applied to sort-merge joins and " +
+        "shuffled hash join. Note: Coalescing bucketed table can avoid unnecessary shuffling " +
+        "in join, but it also reduces parallelism and could possibly cause OOM for " +
         "shuffled hash join.")
       .version("3.1.0")
       .booleanConf
       .createWithDefault(false)
 
-  val COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_SORT_MERGE_JOIN_MAX_BUCKET_RATIO =
-    buildConf("spark.sql.bucketing.coalesceBucketsInSortMergeJoin.maxBucketRatio")
+  val COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_JOIN_MAX_BUCKET_RATIO =
+    buildConf("spark.sql.bucketing.coalesceBucketsInJoin.maxBucketRatio")
       .doc("The ratio of the number of two buckets being coalesced should be less than or " +
         "equal to this value for bucket coalescing to be applied. This configuration only " +
         s"has an effect when '${COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_JOIN_ENABLED.key}' is set to true.")
@@ -2672,18 +2674,6 @@ object SQLConf {
       .checkValue(_ > 0, "The difference must be positive.")
       .createWithDefault(4)
 
-  val COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_SHUFFLED_HASH_JOIN_MAX_BUCKET_RATIO =
-    buildConf("spark.sql.bucketing.coalesceBucketsInShuffledHashJoin.maxBucketRatio")
-      .doc("The ratio of the number of two buckets being coalesced should be less than or " +
-        "equal to this value for bucket coalescing to be applied. This configuration only " +
-        s"has an effect when '${COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_JOIN_ENABLED.key}' is set to true. " +
-        "Note as coalescing reduces parallelism, there might be a higher risk for " +
-        "out of memory error at shuffled hash join build side.")
-      .version("3.1.0")
-      .intConf
-      .checkValue(_ > 0, "The difference must be positive.")
-      .createWithDefault(2)
-
   /**
    * Holds information about keys that have been deprecated.
    *
@@ -3285,11 +3275,8 @@ class SQLConf extends Serializable with Logging {
 
   def coalesceBucketsInJoinEnabled: Boolean = getConf(SQLConf.COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_JOIN_ENABLED)
 
-  def coalesceBucketsInSortMergeJoinMaxBucketRatio: Int =
-    getConf(SQLConf.COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_SORT_MERGE_JOIN_MAX_BUCKET_RATIO)
-
-  def coalesceBucketsInShuffledHashJoinMaxBucketRatio: Int =
-    getConf(SQLConf.COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_SHUFFLED_HASH_JOIN_MAX_BUCKET_RATIO)
+  def coalesceBucketsInJoinMaxBucketRatio: Int =
+    getConf(SQLConf.COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_JOIN_MAX_BUCKET_RATIO)
 
   /** ********************** SQLConf functionality methods ************ */
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/bucketing/CoalesceBucketsInJoin.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/bucketing/CoalesceBucketsInJoin.scala
index 607eb6fd5661f..258a1a1adc20a 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/bucketing/CoalesceBucketsInJoin.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/bucketing/CoalesceBucketsInJoin.scala
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
  *   - The larger bucket number is divisible by the smaller bucket number.
  *   - COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_JOIN_ENABLED is set to true.
  *   - The ratio of the number of buckets is less than the value set in
- *     COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_SORT_MERGE_JOIN_MAX_BUCKET_RATIO (`SortMergeJoin`) or,
- *     COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_SHUFFLED_HASH_JOIN_MAX_BUCKET_RATIO (`ShuffledHashJoin`).
+ *     COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_JOIN_MAX_BUCKET_RATIO.
  */
 case class CoalesceBucketsInJoin(conf: SQLConf) extends Rule[SparkPlan] {
   private def updateNumCoalescedBucketsInScan(
@@ -89,19 +88,17 @@ case class CoalesceBucketsInJoin(conf: SQLConf) extends Rule[SparkPlan] {
     }
 
     plan transform {
-      case ExtractJoinWithBuckets(join, numLeftBuckets, numRightBuckets) =>
-        val bucketRatio = math.max(numLeftBuckets, numRightBuckets) /
-          math.min(numLeftBuckets, numRightBuckets)
+      case ExtractJoinWithBuckets(join, numLeftBuckets, numRightBuckets)
+        if math.max(numLeftBuckets, numRightBuckets) / math.min(numLeftBuckets, numRightBuckets) <=
+          conf.coalesceBucketsInJoinMaxBucketRatio =>
         val numCoalescedBuckets = math.min(numLeftBuckets, numRightBuckets)
         join match {
-          case j: SortMergeJoinExec
-            if bucketRatio <= conf.coalesceBucketsInSortMergeJoinMaxBucketRatio =>
+          case j: SortMergeJoinExec =>
             updateNumCoalescedBuckets(j, numLeftBuckets, numRightBuckets, numCoalescedBuckets)
           case j: ShuffledHashJoinExec
             // Only coalesce the buckets for shuffled hash join stream side,
             // to avoid OOM for build side.
-            if bucketRatio <= conf.coalesceBucketsInShuffledHashJoinMaxBucketRatio &&
-              isCoalesceSHJStreamSide(j, numLeftBuckets, numRightBuckets, numCoalescedBuckets) =>
+            if isCoalesceSHJStreamSide(j, numLeftBuckets, numRightBuckets, numCoalescedBuckets) =>
             updateNumCoalescedBuckets(j, numLeftBuckets, numRightBuckets, numCoalescedBuckets)
           case other => other
         }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/bucketing/CoalesceBucketsInJoinSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/bucketing/CoalesceBucketsInJoinSuite.scala
index 317a34e5157c6..7d59a6bdd4fd6 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/bucketing/CoalesceBucketsInJoinSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/bucketing/CoalesceBucketsInJoinSuite.scala
@@ -179,16 +179,13 @@ class CoalesceBucketsInJoinSuite extends SQLTestUtils with SharedSparkSession {
   }
 
   test("the ratio of the number of buckets is greater than max allowed") {
-    withSQLConf(SQLConf.COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_JOIN_ENABLED.key -> "true") {
-      withSQLConf(SQLConf.COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_SORT_MERGE_JOIN_MAX_BUCKET_RATIO.key -> "2") {
-        run(JoinSetting(
-          RelationSetting(4, None), RelationSetting(16, None), joinOperator = SORT_MERGE_JOIN))
-      }
-      withSQLConf(SQLConf.COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_SHUFFLED_HASH_JOIN_MAX_BUCKET_RATIO.key -> "2") {
-        run(JoinSetting(
-          RelationSetting(4, None), RelationSetting(16, None), joinOperator = SHUFFLED_HASH_JOIN,
-          shjBuildSide = Some(BuildLeft)))
-      }
+    withSQLConf(SQLConf.COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_JOIN_ENABLED.key -> "true",
+      SQLConf.COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_JOIN_MAX_BUCKET_RATIO.key -> "2") {
+      run(JoinSetting(
+        RelationSetting(4, None), RelationSetting(16, None), joinOperator = SORT_MERGE_JOIN))
+      run(JoinSetting(
+        RelationSetting(4, None), RelationSetting(16, None), joinOperator = SHUFFLED_HASH_JOIN,
+        shjBuildSide = Some(BuildLeft)))
     }
   }
 
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 7068c7ca92013..98886d271e977 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
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ abstract class BucketedReadSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils {
 
     withSQLConf(
       SQLConf.COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_JOIN_ENABLED.key -> "true",
-      SQLConf.COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_SORT_MERGE_JOIN_MAX_BUCKET_RATIO.key -> "2") {
+      SQLConf.COALESCE_BUCKETS_IN_JOIN_MAX_BUCKET_RATIO.key -> "2") {
       // Coalescing buckets is not applied because the ratio of the number of buckets (3)
       // is greater than max allowed (2).
       run(