diff --git a/datafusion/sql/src/statement.rs b/datafusion/sql/src/statement.rs
index 3744cceb625d0..e453422369b1d 100644
--- a/datafusion/sql/src/statement.rs
+++ b/datafusion/sql/src/statement.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ use crate::utils::normalize_ident;
 
 use arrow_schema::{DataType, Fields};
 use datafusion_common::parsers::CompressionTypeVariant;
+use datafusion_common::DataFusionError::ParquetError;
 use datafusion_common::{
     exec_err, not_impl_err, plan_datafusion_err, plan_err, schema_err,
     unqualified_field_not_found, Column, Constraints, DFSchema, DFSchemaRef,
@@ -1034,7 +1035,8 @@ impl<'a, S: ContextProvider> SqlToRel<'a, S> {
             "PARQUET" => {
                 if Path::exists((&location).as_ref()) {
                     let file = File::open(&location)?;
-                    let parquet_file = ParquetRecordBatchReaderBuilder::try_new(file)?;
+                    let parquet_file = ParquetRecordBatchReaderBuilder::try_new(file)
+                        .map_err(|err| plan_datafusion_err!("{err}"))?;
                     let schema = parquet_file.schema();
                     schema.to_owned().to_dfschema_ref()?
                 } else {