diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JacksonParser.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JacksonParser.scala
index 9ddbacbbc3e6e..da76f8eeaf350 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JacksonParser.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JacksonParser.scala
@@ -87,7 +87,11 @@ class JacksonParser(
   private def makeStructRootConverter(st: StructType): JsonParser => Iterable[InternalRow] = {
     val elementConverter = makeConverter(st)
     val fieldConverters = st.map(_.dataType).map(makeConverter).toArray
-    val jsonFilters = new JsonFilters(filters, st)
+    val jsonFilters = if (SQLConf.get.jsonFilterPushDown) {
+      new JsonFilters(filters, st)
+    } else {
+      new NoopFilters
+    }
     (parser: JsonParser) => parseJsonToken[Iterable[InternalRow]](parser, st) {
       case START_OBJECT => convertObject(parser, st, fieldConverters, jsonFilters)
         // SPARK-3308: support reading top level JSON arrays and take every element
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JsonFilters.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JsonFilters.scala
index 09022bfc15403..d6adbe83584e3 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JsonFilters.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JsonFilters.scala
@@ -89,39 +89,37 @@ class JsonFilters(pushedFilters: Seq[sources.Filter], schema: StructType)
   //     1: Array(AlwaysTrue, Or(EqualTo("i", 0), StringStartsWith("s", "abc")))
   private val predicates: Array[Array[JsonPredicate]] = {
     val groupedPredicates = Array.fill(schema.length)(Array.empty[JsonPredicate])
-    if (SQLConf.get.jsonFilterPushDown) {
-      val groupedByRefSet: Map[Set[String], JsonPredicate] = filters
-        // Group filters that have the same set of references. For example:
-        //   IsNotNull("i") -> Set("i"), AlwaysTrue -> Set(),
-        //   Or(EqualTo("i", 0), StringStartsWith("s", "abc")) -> Set("i", "s")
-        // By grouping filters we could avoid tracking their state of references in the
-        // current row separately.
-        .groupBy(_.references.toSet)
-        // Combine all filters from the same group by `And` because all filters should
-        // return `true` to do not skip a row. The result is compiled to a predicate.
-        .map { case (refSet, refsFilters) =>
-          (refSet, JsonPredicate(toPredicate(refsFilters), refSet.size))
-        }
-      // Apply predicates w/o references like `AlwaysTrue` and `AlwaysFalse` to all fields.
-      // We cannot set such predicates to a particular position because skipRow() can
-      // be invoked for any index due to unpredictable order of JSON fields in JSON records.
-      val withLiterals: Map[Set[String], JsonPredicate] = groupedByRefSet.map {
-        case (refSet, pred) if refSet.isEmpty =>
-          (schema.fields.map(_.name).toSet, pred.copy(totalRefs = 1))
-        case others => others
-      }
-      // Build a map where key is only one field and value is seq of predicates refer to the field
-      //   "i" -> Seq(AlwaysTrue, IsNotNull("i"), Or(EqualTo("i", 0), StringStartsWith("s", "abc")))
-      //   "s" -> Seq(AlwaysTrue, Or(EqualTo("i", 0), StringStartsWith("s", "abc")))
-      val groupedByFields: Map[String, Seq[(String, JsonPredicate)]] = withLiterals.toSeq
-        .flatMap { case (refSet, pred) => refSet.map((_, pred)) }
-        .groupBy(_._1)
-      // Build the final array by converting keys of `groupedByFields` to their
-      // indexes in the provided schema.
-      groupedByFields.foreach { case (fieldName, fieldPredicates) =>
-        val fieldIndex = schema.fieldIndex(fieldName)
-        groupedPredicates(fieldIndex) = fieldPredicates.map(_._2).toArray
+    val groupedByRefSet: Map[Set[String], JsonPredicate] = filters
+      // Group filters that have the same set of references. For example:
+      //   IsNotNull("i") -> Set("i"), AlwaysTrue -> Set(),
+      //   Or(EqualTo("i", 0), StringStartsWith("s", "abc")) -> Set("i", "s")
+      // By grouping filters we could avoid tracking their state of references in the
+      // current row separately.
+      .groupBy(_.references.toSet)
+      // Combine all filters from the same group by `And` because all filters should
+      // return `true` to do not skip a row. The result is compiled to a predicate.
+      .map { case (refSet, refsFilters) =>
+        (refSet, JsonPredicate(toPredicate(refsFilters), refSet.size))
       }
+    // Apply predicates w/o references like `AlwaysTrue` and `AlwaysFalse` to all fields.
+    // We cannot set such predicates to a particular position because skipRow() can
+    // be invoked for any index due to unpredictable order of JSON fields in JSON records.
+    val withLiterals: Map[Set[String], JsonPredicate] = groupedByRefSet.map {
+      case (refSet, pred) if refSet.isEmpty =>
+        (schema.fields.map(_.name).toSet, pred.copy(totalRefs = 1))
+      case others => others
+    }
+    // Build a map where key is only one field and value is seq of predicates refer to the field
+    //   "i" -> Seq(AlwaysTrue, IsNotNull("i"), Or(EqualTo("i", 0), StringStartsWith("s", "abc")))
+    //   "s" -> Seq(AlwaysTrue, Or(EqualTo("i", 0), StringStartsWith("s", "abc")))
+    val groupedByFields: Map[String, Seq[(String, JsonPredicate)]] = withLiterals.toSeq
+      .flatMap { case (refSet, pred) => refSet.map((_, pred)) }
+      .groupBy(_._1)
+    // Build the final array by converting keys of `groupedByFields` to their
+    // indexes in the provided schema.
+    groupedByFields.foreach { case (fieldName, fieldPredicates) =>
+      val fieldIndex = schema.fieldIndex(fieldName)
+      groupedPredicates(fieldIndex) = fieldPredicates.map(_._2).toArray
     }
     groupedPredicates
   }
@@ -139,6 +137,9 @@ class JsonFilters(pushedFilters: Seq[sources.Filter], schema: StructType)
    *         return `false`. It returns `false` if all predicates return `true`.
    */
   def skipRow(row: InternalRow, index: Int): Boolean = {
+    assert(0 <= index && index < schema.fields.length,
+      s"The index $index is out of the valid range [0, ${schema.fields.length}). " +
+      s"It must point out to a field of the schema: ${schema.catalogString}.")
     var skip = false
     for (pred <- predicates(index) if !skip) {
       pred.refCount -= 1