diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/CatalystConf.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/CatalystConf.scala
index 19fd6942f3ff2..7d253544f6fec 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/CatalystConf.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/CatalystConf.scala
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ private[spark] trait CatalystConf {
  * relations are already filled in and the analyser needs only to resolve attribute references.
  */
 object EmptyConf extends CatalystConf {
-  override def caseSensitiveAnalysis: Boolean = true
+  override def caseSensitiveAnalysis: Boolean = {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException
+  }
 
   override def setConf(key: String, value: String) : Unit = {
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException