diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/predicates.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/predicates.scala
index 7f7e23eca3481..8be02c00759df 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/predicates.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/predicates.scala
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ trait PredicateHelper {
    * Returns true iff `expr` could be evaluated as a condition within join.
    */
   protected def canEvaluateWithinJoin(expr: Expression): Boolean = expr match {
-    case e: SubqueryExpression => false
+    case l: ListQuery => false
+    case e: SubqueryExpression =>
+      // non-correlated subquery will be replaced as literal
+      e.children.isEmpty
     case a: AttributeReference => true
     case e: Unevaluable => false
     case e => e.children.forall(canEvaluateWithinJoin)
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/JoinOptimizationSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/JoinOptimizationSuite.scala
index f8b6ff643b2ea..182a2071ff0bd 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/JoinOptimizationSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/JoinOptimizationSuite.scala
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ class JoinOptimizationSuite extends PlanTest {
     }
   }
 
-  test("reorder inner joins - don't put predicate with subquery into join condition") {
+  test("reorder inner joins - don't put predicate with IN subquery into join condition") {
     // ReorderJoin collects all predicates and try to put them into join condition when creating
-    // ordered join. If a predicate with a subquery is in a join condition instead of a filter
+    // ordered join. If a predicate with an IN subquery is in a join condition instead of a filter
     // condition, `RewritePredicateSubquery.rewriteExistentialExpr` would fail to convert the
     // subquery to an ExistenceJoin, and thus result in error.
     val x = testRelation.subquery('x)