diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/DescribeColumnExec.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/DescribeColumnExec.scala
index 61ccda3fc954..2683d8d547f0 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/DescribeColumnExec.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/DescribeColumnExec.scala
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ case class DescribeColumnExec(
           read.newScanBuilder(CaseInsensitiveStringMap.empty()).build() match {
             case s: SupportsReportStatistics =>
               val stats = s.estimateStatistics()
-              Some(stats.columnStats().get(FieldReference.column(column.name)))
+              Option(stats.columnStats().get(FieldReference.column(column.name)))
             case _ => None
           }
         case _ => None
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/v2/DescribeTableSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/v2/DescribeTableSuite.scala
index e2f2aee56115..a21baebe24d8 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/v2/DescribeTableSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/v2/DescribeTableSuite.scala
@@ -175,4 +175,25 @@ class DescribeTableSuite extends command.DescribeTableSuiteBase
           Row("max_col_len", "NULL")))
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-46535: describe extended (formatted) a column without col stats") {
+    withNamespaceAndTable("ns", "tbl") { tbl =>
+      sql(
+        s"""
+           |CREATE TABLE $tbl
+           |(key INT COMMENT 'column_comment', col STRING)
+           |$defaultUsing""".stripMargin)
+
+      val descriptionDf = sql(s"DESCRIBE TABLE EXTENDED $tbl key")
+      assert(descriptionDf.schema.map(field => (field.name, field.dataType)) === Seq(
+        ("info_name", StringType),
+        ("info_value", StringType)))
+      QueryTest.checkAnswer(
+        descriptionDf,
+        Seq(
+          Row("col_name", "key"),
+          Row("data_type", "int"),
+          Row("comment", "column_comment")))
+    }
+  }
 }