diff --git a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/command/payload/ExpressionCodeGen.scala b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/command/payload/ExpressionCodeGen.scala
index 947291d10373b..cd5b201f91eb9 100644
--- a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/command/payload/ExpressionCodeGen.scala
+++ b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/command/payload/ExpressionCodeGen.scala
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.avro.AvroSerializer
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.InternalRow
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.codegen.Block.BlockHelper
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.codegen._
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{BoundReference, Expression, GenericInternalRow, LeafExpression, UnsafeArrayData, UnsafeMapData, UnsafeRow}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{BoundReference, Cast, Expression, GenericInternalRow, LeafExpression, UnsafeArrayData, UnsafeMapData, UnsafeRow}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.{ArrayData, MapData}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.hudi.command.payload.ExpressionCodeGen.RECORD_NAME
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{DataType, Decimal}
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ object ExpressionCodeGen extends Logging {
       classOf[IndexedRecord].getName,
       classOf[AvroSerializer].getName,
       classOf[GenericRecord].getName,
-      classOf[GenericInternalRow].getName
+      classOf[GenericInternalRow].getName,
+      classOf[Cast].getName
     )
     evaluator.setImplementedInterfaces(Array(classOf[IExpressionEvaluator]))
     try {
diff --git a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/TestMergeIntoTable2.scala b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/TestMergeIntoTable2.scala
index b77b5c3dbdbf8..8e6acd1be58c6 100644
--- a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/TestMergeIntoTable2.scala
+++ b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/TestMergeIntoTable2.scala
@@ -673,4 +673,44 @@ class TestMergeIntoTable2 extends HoodieSparkSqlTestBase {
       )
     }
   }
+
+  test ("Test Merge into with String cast to Double") {
+    withTempDir { tmp =>
+      val tableName = generateTableName
+      // Create a cow partitioned table.
+      spark.sql(
+        s"""
+           | create table $tableName (
+           |  id int,
+           |  name string,
+           |  price double,
+           |  ts long,
+           |  dt string
+           | ) using hudi
+           | tblproperties (
+           |  type = 'cow',
+           |  primaryKey = 'id',
+           |  preCombineField = 'ts'
+           | )
+           | partitioned by(dt)
+           | location '${tmp.getCanonicalPath}'
+         """.stripMargin)
+      // Insert data
+      spark.sql(s"insert into $tableName select 1, 'a1', cast(10.0 as double), 999, '2021-03-21'")
+      spark.sql(
+        s"""
+           | merge into $tableName as t0
+           | using (
+           |  select 'a1' as name, 1 as id, '10.1' as price, 1000 as ts, '2021-03-21' as dt
+           | ) as s0
+           | on t0.id = s0.id
+           | when matched then update set t0.price = s0.price, t0.ts = s0.ts
+           | when not matched then insert *
+         """.stripMargin
+      )
+      checkAnswer(s"select id,name,price,dt from $tableName")(
+        Seq(1, "a1", 10.1, "2021-03-21")
+      )
+    }
+  }
 }