diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
index 5bdaa504a3beb..7586bdf4392f5 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ abstract class Optimizer(catalogManager: CatalogManager)
         PushLeftSemiLeftAntiThroughJoin,
         LimitPushDown,
         ColumnPruning,
-        InferFiltersFromConstraints,
         // Operator combine
         CollapseRepartition,
         CollapseProject,
@@ -117,14 +116,13 @@ abstract class Optimizer(catalogManager: CatalogManager)
         extendedOperatorOptimizationRules
 
     val operatorOptimizationBatch: Seq[Batch] = {
-      val rulesWithoutInferFiltersFromConstraints =
-        operatorOptimizationRuleSet.filterNot(_ == InferFiltersFromConstraints)
       Batch("Operator Optimization before Inferring Filters", fixedPoint,
-        rulesWithoutInferFiltersFromConstraints: _*) ::
+        operatorOptimizationRuleSet: _*) ::
       Batch("Infer Filters", Once,
+        InferFiltersFromGenerate,
         InferFiltersFromConstraints) ::
       Batch("Operator Optimization after Inferring Filters", fixedPoint,
-        rulesWithoutInferFiltersFromConstraints: _*) ::
+        operatorOptimizationRuleSet: _*) ::
       // Set strategy to Once to avoid pushing filter every time because we do not change the
       // join condition.
       Batch("Push extra predicate through join", fixedPoint,
@@ -868,6 +866,41 @@ object TransposeWindow extends Rule[LogicalPlan] {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Infers filters from [[Generate]], such that rows that would have been removed
+ * by this [[Generate]] can be removed earlier - before joins and in data sources.
+ */
+object InferFiltersFromGenerate extends Rule[LogicalPlan] {
+  def apply(plan: LogicalPlan): LogicalPlan = plan transformUp {
+    // This rule does not infer filters from foldable expressions to avoid constant filters
+    // like 'size([1, 2, 3]) > 0'. These do not show up in child's constraints and
+    // then the idempotence will break.
+    case generate @ Generate(e, _, _, _, _, _)
+      if !e.deterministic || e.children.forall(_.foldable) => generate
+
+    case generate @ Generate(g, _, false, _, _, _) if canInferFilters(g) =>
+      // Exclude child's constraints to guarantee idempotency
+      val inferredFilters = ExpressionSet(
+        Seq(
+          GreaterThan(Size(g.children.head), Literal(0)),
+          IsNotNull(g.children.head)
+        )
+      ) -- generate.child.constraints
+
+      if (inferredFilters.nonEmpty) {
+        generate.copy(child = Filter(inferredFilters.reduce(And), generate.child))
+      } else {
+        generate
+      }
+  }
+
+  private def canInferFilters(g: Generator): Boolean = g match {
+    case _: ExplodeBase => true
+    case _: Inline => true
+    case _ => false
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Generate a list of additional filters from an operator's existing constraint but remove those
  * that are either already part of the operator's condition or are part of the operator's child
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/InferFiltersFromGenerateSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/InferFiltersFromGenerateSuite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3f83971aa9821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/InferFiltersFromGenerateSuite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.optimizer
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.dsl.expressions._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.dsl.plans._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.rules.RuleExecutor
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{IntegerType, StructField, StructType}
+
+class InferFiltersFromGenerateSuite extends PlanTest {
+  object Optimize extends RuleExecutor[LogicalPlan] {
+    val batches = Batch("Infer Filters", Once, InferFiltersFromGenerate) :: Nil
+  }
+
+  val testRelation = LocalRelation('a.array(StructType(Seq(
+    StructField("x", IntegerType),
+    StructField("y", IntegerType)
+  ))))
+
+  Seq(Explode(_), PosExplode(_), Inline(_)).foreach { f =>
+    val generator = f('a)
+    test("Infer filters from " + generator) {
+      val originalQuery = testRelation.generate(generator).analyze
+      val correctAnswer = testRelation
+        .where(IsNotNull('a) && Size('a) > 0)
+        .generate(generator)
+        .analyze
+      val optimized = Optimize.execute(originalQuery)
+      comparePlans(optimized, correctAnswer)
+    }
+
+    test("Don't infer duplicate filters from " + generator) {
+      val originalQuery = testRelation
+        .where(IsNotNull('a) && Size('a) > 0)
+        .generate(generator)
+        .analyze
+      val optimized = Optimize.execute(originalQuery)
+      comparePlans(optimized, originalQuery)
+    }
+
+    test("Don't infer filters from outer " + generator) {
+      val originalQuery = testRelation.generate(generator, outer = true).analyze
+      val optimized = Optimize.execute(originalQuery)
+      comparePlans(optimized, originalQuery)
+    }
+
+    val foldableExplode = f(CreateArray(Seq(
+      CreateStruct(Seq(Literal(0), Literal(1))),
+      CreateStruct(Seq(Literal(2), Literal(3)))
+    )))
+    test("Don't infer filters from " + foldableExplode) {
+      val originalQuery = testRelation.generate(foldableExplode).analyze
+      val optimized = Optimize.execute(originalQuery)
+      comparePlans(optimized, originalQuery)
+    }
+  }
+}