diff --git a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/HoodieOptionConfig.scala b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/HoodieOptionConfig.scala
index 24c6e21df93a..8a9486ea45dd 100644
--- a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/HoodieOptionConfig.scala
+++ b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/HoodieOptionConfig.scala
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.spark.sql.hudi
 
 import org.apache.hudi.DataSourceWriteOptions
+import org.apache.hudi.avro.HoodieAvroUtils.getRootLevelFieldName
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.DefaultHoodieRecordPayload
 import org.apache.hudi.common.table.HoodieTableConfig
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.ValidationUtils
@@ -198,14 +199,14 @@ object HoodieOptionConfig {
       .map(_.split(",").filter(_.length > 0))
     ValidationUtils.checkArgument(primaryKeys.nonEmpty, "No `primaryKey` is specified.")
     primaryKeys.get.foreach { primaryKey =>
-      ValidationUtils.checkArgument(schema.exists(f => resolver(f.name, primaryKey)),
+      ValidationUtils.checkArgument(schema.exists(f => resolver(f.name, getRootLevelFieldName(primaryKey))),
         s"Can't find primaryKey `$primaryKey` in ${schema.treeString}.")
     }
 
     // validate preCombine key
     val preCombineKey = sqlOptions.get(SQL_KEY_PRECOMBINE_FIELD.sqlKeyName)
     if (preCombineKey.isDefined && preCombineKey.get.nonEmpty) {
-      ValidationUtils.checkArgument(schema.exists(f => resolver(f.name, preCombineKey.get)),
+      ValidationUtils.checkArgument(schema.exists(f => resolver(f.name, getRootLevelFieldName(preCombineKey.get))),
         s"Can't find preCombineKey `${preCombineKey.get}` in ${schema.treeString}.")
     }
 
diff --git a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/TestInsertTable.scala b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/TestInsertTable.scala
index ab75ef563f22..760d1269c2e4 100644
--- a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/TestInsertTable.scala
+++ b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/TestInsertTable.scala
@@ -663,4 +663,37 @@ class TestInsertTable extends HoodieSparkSqlTestBase {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  test("Test nested field as primaryKey and preCombineField") {
+    withTempDir { tmp =>
+      Seq("cow", "mor").foreach { tableType =>
+        val tableName = generateTableName
+        // create table
+        spark.sql(
+          s"""
+             |create table $tableName (
+             |  name string,
+             |  price double,
+             |  ts long,
+             |  nestedcol struct<a1:string, a2:struct<b1:string, b2:struct<c1:string, c2:int>>>
+             |) using hudi
+             | location '${tmp.getCanonicalPath}/$tableName'
+             | options (
+             |  type = '$tableType',
+             |  primaryKey = 'nestedcol.a1',
+             |  preCombineField = 'nestedcol.a2.b2.c2'
+             | )
+       """.stripMargin)
+        // insert data to table
+        spark.sql(
+          s"""insert into $tableName values
+             |('name_1', 10, 1000, struct('a', struct('b', struct('c', 999)))),
+             |('name_2', 20, 2000, struct('a', struct('b', struct('c', 333))))
+             |""".stripMargin)
+        checkAnswer(s"select name, price, ts, nestedcol.a1, nestedcol.a2.b2.c2 from $tableName")(
+          Seq("name_1", 10.0, 1000, "a", 999)
+        )
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }