diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProvider.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProvider.scala
index fe8be0b3b20d3..168bd1e68a304 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProvider.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProvider.scala
@@ -538,6 +538,9 @@ private[history] class FsHistoryProvider(conf: SparkConf, clock: Clock)
                 reader.fileSizeForLastIndex > 0
               } catch {
                 case _: FileNotFoundException => false
+                case NonFatal(e) =>
+                  logWarning(s"Error while reading new log ${reader.rootPath}", e)
+                  false
               }
 
             case NonFatal(e) =>
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProviderSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProviderSuite.scala
index 3f8c875f5a552..1578b908b1b55 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProviderSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProviderSuite.scala
@@ -1475,6 +1475,55 @@ class FsHistoryProviderSuite extends SparkFunSuite with Matchers with Logging {
     }
   }
 
+  test("SPARK-33146: don't let one bad rolling log folder prevent loading other applications") {
+    withTempDir { dir =>
+      val conf = createTestConf(true)
+      conf.set(HISTORY_LOG_DIR, dir.getAbsolutePath)
+      val hadoopConf = SparkHadoopUtil.newConfiguration(conf)
+      val fs = new Path(dir.getAbsolutePath).getFileSystem(hadoopConf)
+
+      val provider = new FsHistoryProvider(conf)
+
+      val writer = new RollingEventLogFilesWriter("app", None, dir.toURI, conf, hadoopConf)
+      writer.start()
+
+      writeEventsToRollingWriter(writer, Seq(
+        SparkListenerApplicationStart("app", Some("app"), 0, "user", None),
+        SparkListenerJobStart(1, 0, Seq.empty)), rollFile = false)
+      provider.checkForLogs()
+      provider.cleanLogs()
+      assert(dir.listFiles().size === 1)
+      assert(provider.getListing.length === 1)
+
+      // Manually delete the appstatus file to make an invalid rolling event log
+      val appStatusPath = RollingEventLogFilesWriter.getAppStatusFilePath(new Path(writer.logPath),
+        "app", None, true)
+      fs.delete(appStatusPath, false)
+      provider.checkForLogs()
+      provider.cleanLogs()
+      assert(provider.getListing.length === 0)
+
+      // Create a new application
+      val writer2 = new RollingEventLogFilesWriter("app2", None, dir.toURI, conf, hadoopConf)
+      writer2.start()
+      writeEventsToRollingWriter(writer2, Seq(
+        SparkListenerApplicationStart("app2", Some("app2"), 0, "user", None),
+        SparkListenerJobStart(1, 0, Seq.empty)), rollFile = false)
+
+      // Both folders exist but only one application found
+      provider.checkForLogs()
+      provider.cleanLogs()
+      assert(provider.getListing.length === 1)
+      assert(dir.listFiles().size === 2)
+
+      // Make sure a new provider sees the valid application
+      provider.stop()
+      val newProvider = new FsHistoryProvider(conf)
+      newProvider.checkForLogs()
+      assert(newProvider.getListing.length === 1)
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Asks the provider to check for logs and calls a function to perform checks on the updated
    * app list. Example: