diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/DataSource.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/DataSource.scala
index 6dc27c19521ea21b2cd8879a38b3a723d9c58888..f572b93991e0ca2bec5076ff326346fde2cb14d3 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/DataSource.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/DataSource.scala
@@ -485,12 +485,11 @@ case class DataSource(
             data.logicalPlan,
             mode)
         sparkSession.sessionState.executePlan(plan).toRdd
+        // Replace the schema with that of the DataFrame we just wrote out to avoid re-inferring it.
+        copy(userSpecifiedSchema = Some(data.schema.asNullable)).resolveRelation()
 
       case _ =>
         sys.error(s"${providingClass.getCanonicalName} does not allow create table as select.")
     }
-
-    // We replace the schema with that of the DataFrame we just wrote out to avoid re-inferring it.
-    copy(userSpecifiedSchema = Some(data.schema.asNullable)).resolveRelation()
   }
 }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/DataFrameReaderWriterSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/DataFrameReaderWriterSuite.scala
index d454100ccb8f6275524dc7d9e83b1e5febef1a44..05935cec4b67cab7df65d8e6ada80bfab54587e5 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/DataFrameReaderWriterSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/DataFrameReaderWriterSuite.scala
@@ -82,6 +82,29 @@ class DefaultSource
   }
 }
 
+/** Dummy provider with only RelationProvider and CreatableRelationProvider. */
+class DefaultSourceWithoutUserSpecifiedSchema
+  extends RelationProvider
+  with CreatableRelationProvider {
+
+  case class FakeRelation(sqlContext: SQLContext) extends BaseRelation {
+    override def schema: StructType = StructType(Seq(StructField("a", StringType)))
+  }
+
+  override def createRelation(
+      sqlContext: SQLContext,
+      parameters: Map[String, String]): BaseRelation = {
+    FakeRelation(sqlContext)
+  }
+
+  override def createRelation(
+      sqlContext: SQLContext,
+      mode: SaveMode,
+      parameters: Map[String, String],
+      data: DataFrame): BaseRelation = {
+    FakeRelation(sqlContext)
+  }
+}
 
 class DataFrameReaderWriterSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext with BeforeAndAfter {
 
@@ -120,6 +143,15 @@ class DataFrameReaderWriterSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext with Be
       .save()
   }
 
+  test("resolve default source without extending SchemaRelationProvider") {
+    spark.read
+      .format("org.apache.spark.sql.test.DefaultSourceWithoutUserSpecifiedSchema")
+      .load()
+      .write
+      .format("org.apache.spark.sql.test.DefaultSourceWithoutUserSpecifiedSchema")
+      .save()
+  }
+
   test("resolve full class") {
     spark.read
       .format("org.apache.spark.sql.test.DefaultSource")