diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Expression.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Expression.scala
index 18cc648e57d71..dbc477fe37923 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Expression.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Expression.scala
@@ -1058,10 +1058,12 @@ trait ComplexTypeMergingExpression extends Expression {
         s" The input types found are\n\t${inputTypesForMerging.mkString("\n\t")}")
   }
 
-  override def dataType: DataType = {
+  private lazy val internalDataType: DataType = {
     dataTypeCheck
     inputTypesForMerging.reduceLeft(TypeCoercion.findCommonTypeDifferentOnlyInNullFlags(_, _).get)
   }
+
+  override def dataType: DataType = internalDataType
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/aggregate/ApproximatePercentile.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/aggregate/ApproximatePercentile.scala
index d06eeeef23936..f77936d0b5c53 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/aggregate/ApproximatePercentile.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/aggregate/ApproximatePercentile.scala
@@ -185,10 +185,12 @@ case class ApproximatePercentile(
   override def nullable: Boolean = true
 
   // The result type is the same as the input type.
-  override def dataType: DataType = {
+  private lazy val internalDataType: DataType = {
     if (returnPercentileArray) ArrayType(child.dataType, false) else child.dataType
   }
 
+  override def dataType: DataType = internalDataType
+
   override def prettyName: String =
     getTagValue(FunctionRegistry.FUNC_ALIAS).getOrElse("percentile_approx")
 
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/collectionOperations.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/collectionOperations.scala
index d9de72e1b217b..e0ce084885e0a 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/collectionOperations.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/collectionOperations.scala
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ case class MapEntries(child: Expression)
 
   @transient private lazy val childDataType: MapType = child.dataType.asInstanceOf[MapType]
 
-  override def dataType: DataType = {
+  private lazy val internalDataType: DataType = {
     ArrayType(
       StructType(
         StructField("key", childDataType.keyType, false) ::
@@ -377,6 +377,8 @@ case class MapEntries(child: Expression)
       false)
   }
 
+  override def dataType: DataType = internalDataType
+
   override protected def nullSafeEval(input: Any): Any = {
     val childMap = input.asInstanceOf[MapData]
     val keys = childMap.keyArray()
@@ -3498,13 +3500,16 @@ object ArrayUnion {
   since = "2.4.0")
 case class ArrayIntersect(left: Expression, right: Expression) extends ArrayBinaryLike
   with ComplexTypeMergingExpression {
-  override def dataType: DataType = {
+
+  private lazy val internalDataType: DataType = {
     dataTypeCheck
     ArrayType(elementType,
       left.dataType.asInstanceOf[ArrayType].containsNull &&
         right.dataType.asInstanceOf[ArrayType].containsNull)
   }
 
+  override def dataType: DataType = internalDataType
+
   @transient lazy val evalIntersect: (ArrayData, ArrayData) => ArrayData = {
     if (TypeUtils.typeWithProperEquals(elementType)) {
       (array1, array2) =>
@@ -3741,11 +3746,13 @@ case class ArrayIntersect(left: Expression, right: Expression) extends ArrayBina
 case class ArrayExcept(left: Expression, right: Expression) extends ArrayBinaryLike
   with ComplexTypeMergingExpression {
 
-  override def dataType: DataType = {
+  private lazy val internalDataType: DataType = {
     dataTypeCheck
     left.dataType
   }
 
+  override def dataType: DataType = internalDataType
+
   @transient lazy val evalExcept: (ArrayData, ArrayData) => ArrayData = {
     if (TypeUtils.typeWithProperEquals(elementType)) {
       (array1, array2) =>