diff --git a/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/realtime/HoodieParquetRealtimeInputFormat.java b/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/realtime/HoodieParquetRealtimeInputFormat.java
index d37ae2ab99260..ba325e15bc38a 100644
--- a/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/realtime/HoodieParquetRealtimeInputFormat.java
+++ b/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/realtime/HoodieParquetRealtimeInputFormat.java
@@ -197,10 +197,30 @@ private static synchronized Configuration addRequiredProjectionFields(Configurat
     return configuration;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Hive will append read columns' ids to old columns' ids during getRecordReader. In some cases, e.g. SELECT COUNT(*),
+   * the read columns' id is an empty string and Hive will combine it with Hoodie required projection ids and becomes
+   * e.g. ",2,0,3" and will cause an error. Actually this method is a temporary solution because the real bug is from
+   * Hive. Hive has fixed this bug after 3.0.0, but the version before that would still face this problem. (HIVE-22438)
+   */
+  private static Configuration cleanProjectionColumnIds(Configuration conf) {
+    synchronized (conf) {
+      String columnIds = conf.get(ColumnProjectionUtils.READ_COLUMN_IDS_CONF_STR);
+      if (!columnIds.isEmpty() && columnIds.charAt(0) == ',') {
+        conf.set(ColumnProjectionUtils.READ_COLUMN_IDS_CONF_STR, columnIds.substring(1));
+        if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+          LOG.debug("The projection Ids: {" + columnIds + "} start with ','. First comma is removed");
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return conf;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public RecordReader<NullWritable, ArrayWritable> getRecordReader(final InputSplit split, final JobConf job,
       final Reporter reporter) throws IOException {
 
+    this.conf = cleanProjectionColumnIds(job);
     LOG.info("Before adding Hoodie columns, Projections :" + job.get(ColumnProjectionUtils.READ_COLUMN_NAMES_CONF_STR)
         + ", Ids :" + job.get(ColumnProjectionUtils.READ_COLUMN_IDS_CONF_STR));