diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVUtils.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVUtils.scala
index 21fabac472f4b..d8b52c503ad34 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVUtils.scala
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ object CSVUtils {
     // with the one below, `filterCommentAndEmpty` but execution path is different. One of them
     // might have to be removed in the near future if possible.
     import lines.sqlContext.implicits._
-    val nonEmptyLines = lines.filter(length(trim($"value")) > 0)
+    val aliased = lines.toDF("value")
+    val nonEmptyLines = aliased.filter(length(trim($"value")) > 0)
     if (options.isCommentSet) {
-      nonEmptyLines.filter(!$"value".startsWith(options.comment.toString))
+      nonEmptyLines.filter(!$"value".startsWith(options.comment.toString)).as[String]
     } else {
-      nonEmptyLines
+      nonEmptyLines.as[String]
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala
index 97dfbbdb7fd2f..c6f0263e8653c 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala
@@ -2294,6 +2294,13 @@ abstract class CSVSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession with TestCsvDa
       }
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-30810: parses and convert a CSV Dataset having different column from 'value'") {
+    val ds = spark.range(2).selectExpr("concat('a,b,', id) AS `a.text`").as[String]
+    val csv = spark.read.option("header", true).option("inferSchema", true).csv(ds)
+    assert(csv.schema.fieldNames === Seq("a", "b", "0"))
+    checkAnswer(csv, Row("a", "b", 1))
+  }
 }
 
 class CSVv1Suite extends CSVSuite {