diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/trees/TreeNode.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/trees/TreeNode.scala
index b091315f24f1f..2109c1c23b706 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/trees/TreeNode.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/trees/TreeNode.scala
@@ -444,7 +444,11 @@ abstract class TreeNode[BaseType <: TreeNode[BaseType]] extends Product {
     case None => Nil
     case Some(null) => Nil
     case Some(any) => any :: Nil
-    case table: CatalogTable => table.identifier :: Nil
+    case table: CatalogTable =>
+      table.storage.serde match {
+        case Some(serde) => table.identifier :: serde :: Nil
+        case _ => table.identifier :: Nil
+      }
     case other => other :: Nil
   }.mkString(", ")
 
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveExplainSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveExplainSuite.scala
index ebafe6de0c830..aa1ca2909074f 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveExplainSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveExplainSuite.scala
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ class HiveExplainSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils with TestHiveSingleto
 
   test("explain extended command") {
     checkKeywordsExist(sql(" explain   select * from src where key=123 "),
-                   "== Physical Plan ==")
+                   "== Physical Plan ==",
+                   "org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySimpleSerDe")
+
     checkKeywordsNotExist(sql(" explain   select * from src where key=123 "),
                    "== Parsed Logical Plan ==",
                    "== Analyzed Logical Plan ==",