diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/IntervalUtils.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/IntervalUtils.scala
index f55b0545ee9c..67e79297b64f 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/IntervalUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/IntervalUtils.scala
@@ -218,27 +218,22 @@ object IntervalUtils {
         minutes = toLongWithRange("second", m.group(7), 0, 59)
       }
       // Hive allow nanosecond precision interval
-      val nanoStr = if (m.group(9) == null) {
-        null
-      } else {
-        (m.group(9) + "000000000").substring(0, 9)
-      }
-      var nanos = toLongWithRange("nanosecond", nanoStr, 0L, 999999999L)
+      var secondsFraction = parseNanos(m.group(9), seconds < 0)
       to match {
         case "hour" =>
           minutes = 0
           seconds = 0
-          nanos = 0
+          secondsFraction = 0
         case "minute" =>
           seconds = 0
-          nanos = 0
+          secondsFraction = 0
         case "second" =>
           // No-op
         case _ =>
           throw new IllegalArgumentException(
             s"Cannot support (interval '$input' $from to $to) expression")
       }
-      var micros = nanos / DateTimeUtils.NANOS_PER_MICROS
+      var micros = secondsFraction
       micros = Math.addExact(micros, Math.multiplyExact(days, DateTimeUtils.MICROS_PER_DAY))
       micros = Math.addExact(micros, Math.multiplyExact(hours, MICROS_PER_HOUR))
       micros = Math.addExact(micros, Math.multiplyExact(minutes, MICROS_PER_MINUTE))
@@ -292,6 +287,21 @@ object IntervalUtils {
     new CalendarInterval(months, microseconds)
   }
 
+  // Parses a string with nanoseconds, truncates the result and returns microseconds
+  private def parseNanos(nanosStr: String, isNegative: Boolean): Long = {
+    if (nanosStr != null) {
+      val maxNanosLen = 9
+      val alignedStr = if (nanosStr.length < maxNanosLen) {
+        (nanosStr + "000000000").substring(0, maxNanosLen)
+      } else nanosStr
+      val nanos = toLongWithRange("nanosecond", alignedStr, 0L, 999999999L)
+      val micros = nanos / DateTimeUtils.NANOS_PER_MICROS
+      if (isNegative) -micros else micros
+    } else {
+      0L
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Parse second_nano string in ss.nnnnnnnnn format to microseconds
    */
@@ -303,15 +313,13 @@ object IntervalUtils {
         Long.MinValue / DateTimeUtils.MICROS_PER_SECOND,
         Long.MaxValue / DateTimeUtils.MICROS_PER_SECOND) * DateTimeUtils.MICROS_PER_SECOND
     }
-    def parseNanos(nanosStr: String): Long = {
-      toLongWithRange("nanosecond", nanosStr, 0L, 999999999L) / DateTimeUtils.NANOS_PER_MICROS
-    }
 
     secondNano.split("\\.") match {
       case Array(secondsStr) => parseSeconds(secondsStr)
-      case Array("", nanosStr) => parseNanos(nanosStr)
+      case Array("", nanosStr) => parseNanos(nanosStr, false)
       case Array(secondsStr, nanosStr) =>
-        Math.addExact(parseSeconds(secondsStr), parseNanos(nanosStr))
+        val seconds = parseSeconds(secondsStr)
+        Math.addExact(seconds, parseNanos(nanosStr, seconds < 0))
       case _ =>
         throw new IllegalArgumentException(
           "Interval string does not match second-nano format of ss.nnnnnnnnn")
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/ExpressionParserSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/ExpressionParserSuite.scala
index 5a7b3ffec53f..5423f7516c2e 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/ExpressionParserSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/ExpressionParserSuite.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.FunctionIdentifier
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{UnresolvedAttribute, _}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.aggregate.{First, Last}
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.{DateTimeTestUtils, IntervalUtils}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.{DateTimeTestUtils, DateTimeUtils, IntervalUtils}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.CalendarInterval
@@ -628,7 +628,17 @@ class ExpressionParserSuite extends AnalysisTest {
 
     // Hive nanosecond notation.
     checkIntervals("13.123456789 seconds", intervalLiteral("second", "13.123456789"))
-    checkIntervals("-13.123456789 second", intervalLiteral("second", "-13.123456789"))
+    checkIntervals(
+      "-13.123456789 second",
+      Literal(new CalendarInterval(
+        0,
+        -13 * DateTimeUtils.MICROS_PER_SECOND - 123 * DateTimeUtils.MICROS_PER_MILLIS - 456)))
+    checkIntervals(
+      "13.123456 second",
+      Literal(new CalendarInterval(
+        0,
+        13 * DateTimeUtils.MICROS_PER_SECOND + 123 * DateTimeUtils.MICROS_PER_MILLIS + 456)))
+    checkIntervals("1.001 second", Literal(IntervalUtils.fromString("1 second 1 millisecond")))
 
     // Non Existing unit
     intercept("interval 10 nanoseconds",
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/literals.sql.out b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/literals.sql.out
index 115287821bf4..550b9bd936a0 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/literals.sql.out
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/literals.sql.out
@@ -323,9 +323,9 @@ select timestamp '2016-33-11 20:54:00.000'
 -- !query 34
 select interval 13.123456789 seconds, interval -13.123456789 second
 -- !query 34 schema
-struct<interval 13 seconds 123 milliseconds 456 microseconds:interval,interval -12 seconds -876 milliseconds -544 microseconds:interval>
+struct<interval 13 seconds 123 milliseconds 456 microseconds:interval,interval -13 seconds -123 milliseconds -456 microseconds:interval>
 -- !query 34 output
-interval 13 seconds 123 milliseconds 456 microseconds	interval -12 seconds -876 milliseconds -544 microseconds
+interval 13 seconds 123 milliseconds 456 microseconds	interval -13 seconds -123 milliseconds -456 microseconds
 
 
 -- !query 35