diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
index 805cad5cb953edc02fd0dedb941ffe642100ea86..37f0c8ed19d3707db3fc2bcbe70f89f619a540e5 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ object PushPredicateThroughJoin extends Rule[LogicalPlan] with PredicateHelper {
         split(joinCondition.map(splitConjunctivePredicates).getOrElse(Nil), left, right)
 
       joinType match {
-        case _: InnerLike |  LeftSemi | ExistenceJoin(_) =>
+        case _: InnerLike |  LeftSemi =>
           // push down the single side only join filter for both sides sub queries
           val newLeft = leftJoinConditions.
             reduceLeftOption(And).map(Filter(_, left)).getOrElse(left)
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ object PushPredicateThroughJoin extends Rule[LogicalPlan] with PredicateHelper {
           val newJoinCond = (rightJoinConditions ++ commonJoinCondition).reduceLeftOption(And)
 
           Join(newLeft, newRight, RightOuter, newJoinCond)
-        case LeftOuter | LeftAnti =>
+        case LeftOuter | LeftAnti | ExistenceJoin(_) =>
           // push down the right side only join filter for right sub query
           val newLeft = left
           val newRight = rightJoinConditions.
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/FilterPushdownSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/FilterPushdownSuite.scala
index 3e67282d687f5790c4af281f6b2d20fd3b30553e..6feea4060f46ab94e15e4d4cdf991362fca00e7b 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/FilterPushdownSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/FilterPushdownSuite.scala
@@ -546,6 +546,23 @@ class FilterPushdownSuite extends PlanTest {
     comparePlans(optimized, analysis.EliminateSubqueryAliases(correctAnswer))
   }
 
+  test("joins: only push down join conditions to the right of an existence join") {
+    val x = testRelation.subquery('x)
+    val y = testRelation.subquery('y)
+    val fillerVal = 'val.boolean
+    val originalQuery =
+      x.join(y,
+        ExistenceJoin(fillerVal),
+        Some("x.a".attr > 1 && "y.b".attr > 2)).analyze
+    val optimized = Optimize.execute(originalQuery)
+    val correctAnswer =
+      x.join(
+        y.where("y.b".attr > 2),
+        ExistenceJoin(fillerVal),
+        Some("x.a".attr > 1))
+      .analyze
+    comparePlans(optimized, analysis.EliminateSubqueryAliases(correctAnswer))
+  }
 
   val testRelationWithArrayType = LocalRelation('a.int, 'b.int, 'c_arr.array(IntegerType))
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/inputs/anti-join.sql b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/inputs/pred-pushdown.sql
similarity index 64%
rename from sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/inputs/anti-join.sql
rename to sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/inputs/pred-pushdown.sql
index 0346f57d609adf4345ec0a6315b83d933c54a4f1..eff258a06635a803084f227c586777c7f787caa1 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/inputs/anti-join.sql
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/inputs/pred-pushdown.sql
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
--- SPARK-18597: Do not push down predicates to left hand side in an anti-join
 CREATE OR REPLACE TEMPORARY VIEW tbl_a AS VALUES (1, 1), (2, 1), (3, 6) AS T(c1, c2);
 CREATE OR REPLACE TEMPORARY VIEW tbl_b AS VALUES 1 AS T(c1);
 
+-- SPARK-18597: Do not push down predicates to left hand side in an anti-join
 SELECT *
 FROM   tbl_a
        LEFT ANTI JOIN tbl_b ON ((tbl_a.c1 = tbl_a.c2) IS NULL OR tbl_a.c1 = tbl_a.c2);
+
+-- SPARK-18614: Do not push down predicates on left table below ExistenceJoin
+SELECT l.c1, l.c2
+FROM   tbl_a l
+WHERE  EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM tbl_b r WHERE l.c1 = l.c2) OR l.c2 < 2;
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/anti-join.sql.out b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/pred-pushdown.sql.out
similarity index 71%
rename from sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/anti-join.sql.out
rename to sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/pred-pushdown.sql.out
index 6f38c4d08bc5a9fcc3b3c9621fca216934b46e2b..1b8ddbe4c7211894e946d78d5179503886345970 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/anti-join.sql.out
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/pred-pushdown.sql.out
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -- Automatically generated by SQLQueryTestSuite
--- Number of queries: 3
+-- Number of queries: 4
 
 
 -- !query 0
@@ -27,3 +27,14 @@ struct<c1:int,c2:int>
 -- !query 2 output
 2	1
 3	6
+
+
+-- !query 3
+SELECT l.c1, l.c2
+FROM   tbl_a l
+WHERE  EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM tbl_b r WHERE l.c1 = l.c2) OR l.c2 < 2
+-- !query 3 schema
+struct<c1:int,c2:int>
+-- !query 3 output
+1	1
+2	1