diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/xml/XmlOptions.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/xml/XmlOptions.scala
index d2c7b435fe63f..763aa877ca0f1 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/xml/XmlOptions.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/xml/XmlOptions.scala
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ private[sql] class XmlOptions(
   }
 
   val compressionCodec = parameters.get(COMPRESSION).map(CompressionCodecs.getCodecClassName)
-  val rowTagOpt = parameters.get(XmlOptions.ROW_TAG)
+  val rowTagOpt = parameters.get(XmlOptions.ROW_TAG).map(_.trim)
   require(!rowTagRequired || rowTagOpt.isDefined, s"'${XmlOptions.ROW_TAG}' option is required.")
-  val rowTag = rowTagOpt.getOrElse(XmlOptions.DEFAULT_ROW_TAG).trim
+  val rowTag = rowTagOpt.getOrElse(XmlOptions.DEFAULT_ROW_TAG)
   require(rowTag.nonEmpty, s"'$ROW_TAG' option should not be an empty string.")
   require(!rowTag.startsWith("<") && !rowTag.endsWith(">"),
           s"'$ROW_TAG' should not include angle brackets")
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/xml/XmlSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/xml/XmlSuite.scala
index 23223b3e94e06..7e5817bc3a0af 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/xml/XmlSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/xml/XmlSuite.scala
@@ -1209,10 +1209,9 @@ class XmlSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession {
       "<ROW><year>2015</year><make>Chevy</make><model>Volt</model><comment>No</comment></ROW>")
     val xmlRDD = spark.sparkContext.parallelize(data)
     val ds = spark.createDataset(xmlRDD)(Encoders.STRING)
-    assert(spark.read.option("rowTag", "ROW").xml(ds).collect().length === 3)
+    assert(spark.read.xml(ds).collect().length === 3)
   }
 
-  import testImplicits._
   test("from_xml basic test") {
     val xmlData =
       """<parent foo="bar"><pid>14ft3</pid>