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 075c1aa057901..ee98ebf5a8a50 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
@@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@ case class ElementAt(
             ""
           }
 
-          val failOnErrorBranch = if (failOnError) {
+          val indexOutOfBoundBranch = if (failOnError) {
             s"""throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(
                |  "Invalid index: " + $index + ", numElements: " + $eval1.numElements()
                |);
@@ -2052,7 +2052,7 @@ case class ElementAt(
           s"""
              |int $index = (int) $eval2;
              |if ($eval1.numElements() < Math.abs($index)) {
-             |  $failOnErrorBranch
+             |  $indexOutOfBoundBranch
              |} else {
              |  if ($index == 0) {
              |    throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException("SQL array indices start at 1");
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypeExtractors.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypeExtractors.scala
index 9cc7f169f19b1..363d388692c9f 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypeExtractors.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypeExtractors.scala
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ case class GetArrayItem(
         ""
       }
 
-      val failOnErrorBranch = if (failOnError) {
+      val indexOutOfBoundBranch = if (failOnError) {
         s"""throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(
            |  "Invalid index: " + $index + ", numElements: " + $eval1.numElements()
            |);
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ case class GetArrayItem(
       s"""
         final int $index = (int) $eval2;
         if ($index >= $eval1.numElements() || $index < 0) {
-          $failOnErrorBranch
+          $indexOutOfBoundBranch
         } $nullCheck else {
           ${ev.value} = ${CodeGenerator.getValue(eval1, dataType, index)};
         }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/stringExpressions.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/stringExpressions.scala
index afbe95e92d0f7..16e22940495f1 100755
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/stringExpressions.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/stringExpressions.scala
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ case class Elt(
          """.stripMargin
       }.mkString)
 
-    val failOnErrorBranch = if (failOnError) {
+    val indexOutOfBoundBranch = if (failOnError) {
       s"""
          |if (!$indexMatched) {
          |  throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ case class Elt(
          |do {
          |  $codes
          |} while (false);
-         |$failOnErrorBranch
+         |$indexOutOfBoundBranch
          |final ${CodeGenerator.javaType(dataType)} ${ev.value} = $inputVal;
          |final boolean ${ev.isNull} = ${ev.value} == null;
        """.stripMargin)