diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/vectorized/MutableColumnarRow.java b/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/vectorized/MutableColumnarRow.java
index d4ba31ddf883b..4e4242fe8d9b9 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/vectorized/MutableColumnarRow.java
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/vectorized/MutableColumnarRow.java
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ public ColumnarArray getArray(int ordinal) {
 
   @Override
   public ColumnarMap getMap(int ordinal) {
-    if (columns[ordinal].isNullAt(rowId)) return null;
     return columns[ordinal].getMap(rowId);
   }