diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSink.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSink.scala
index e1c9b82ec2ac..876671c61d81 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSink.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSink.scala
@@ -43,12 +43,20 @@ object FileStreamSink extends Logging {
     path match {
       case Seq(singlePath) =>
         val hdfsPath = new Path(singlePath)
-        val fs = hdfsPath.getFileSystem(hadoopConf)
-        if (fs.isDirectory(hdfsPath)) {
-          val metadataPath = getMetadataLogPath(fs, hdfsPath, sqlConf)
-          fs.exists(metadataPath)
-        } else {
-          false
+        try {
+          val fs = hdfsPath.getFileSystem(hadoopConf)
+          if (fs.isDirectory(hdfsPath)) {
+            val metadataPath = getMetadataLogPath(fs, hdfsPath, sqlConf)
+            fs.exists(metadataPath)
+          } else {
+            false
+          }
+        } catch {
+          case e: SparkException => throw e
+          case NonFatal(e) =>
+            logWarning(s"Assume no metadata directory. Error while looking for " +
+              s"metadata directory in the path: $singlePath.", e)
+            false
         }
       case _ => false
     }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/FileStreamSinkSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/FileStreamSinkSuite.scala
index 4ccab58d24fe..53ef83206323 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/FileStreamSinkSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/FileStreamSinkSuite.scala
@@ -17,17 +17,18 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.streaming
 
-import java.io.File
+import java.io.{File, IOException}
 import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.util.Locale
 
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
 
-import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FileStatus, Path, RawLocalFileSystem}
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.JobContext
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkConf
+import org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkHadoopUtil
 import org.apache.spark.internal.io.FileCommitProtocol
 import org.apache.spark.scheduler.{SparkListener, SparkListenerTaskEnd}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.{AnalysisException, DataFrame}
@@ -575,6 +576,30 @@ abstract class FileStreamSinkSuite extends StreamTest {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  test("formatCheck fail should not fail the query") {
+    withSQLConf(
+      "fs.file.impl" -> classOf[FailFormatCheckFileSystem].getName,
+      "fs.file.impl.disable.cache" -> "true") {
+      withTempDir { tempDir =>
+        val path = new File(tempDir, "text").getCanonicalPath
+        Seq("foo").toDF.write.format("text").save(path)
+        spark.read.format("text").load(path)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("fail to check glob path should not fail the query") {
+    withSQLConf(
+      "fs.file.impl" -> classOf[FailFormatCheckFileSystem].getName,
+      "fs.file.impl.disable.cache" -> "true") {
+      withTempDir { tempDir =>
+        val path = new File(tempDir, "text").getCanonicalPath
+        Seq("foo").toDF.write.format("text").save(path)
+        spark.read.format("text").load(path + "/*")
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 object PendingCommitFilesTrackingManifestFileCommitProtocol {
@@ -685,3 +710,19 @@ class FileStreamSinkV2Suite extends FileStreamSinkSuite {
     // TODO: test partition pruning when file source V2 supports it.
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * A special file system that fails when accessing metadata log directory or using a glob path to
+ * access.
+ */
+class FailFormatCheckFileSystem extends RawLocalFileSystem {
+  override def getFileStatus(f: Path): FileStatus = {
+    if (f.getName == FileStreamSink.metadataDir) {
+      throw new IOException("cannot access metadata log")
+    }
+    if (SparkHadoopUtil.get.isGlobPath(f)) {
+      throw new IOException("fail to access a glob path")
+    }
+    super.getFileStatus(f)
+  }
+}