diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveInspectors.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveInspectors.scala
index ada980acb1f7799baa4c33f0f6d14732ead8adbb..0eeac8620f01cdc58a829ae3ba29a571e72d3a08 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveInspectors.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveInspectors.scala
@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ private[hive] trait HiveInspectors {
         })
         ObjectInspectorFactory.getStandardConstantMapObjectInspector(keyOI, valueOI, map)
       }
+    case Literal(_, dt) => sys.error(s"Hive doesn't support the constant type [$dt].")
+    case _ if expr.foldable => toInspector(Literal(expr.eval(), expr.dataType))
     case _ => toInspector(expr.dataType)
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/hiveUdfs.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/hiveUdfs.scala
index 86f7eea5dfd69b548547c551ff1b8b7c9edb9088..b255a2ebb9778333117884bc95b572ce4aeaabdc 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/hiveUdfs.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/hiveUdfs.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.udf.generic.GenericUDFUtils.ConversionHelper
 
 import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
 
-import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.ObjectInspector
+import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.{ObjectInspector, ConstantObjectInspector}
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.ObjectInspectorFactory.ObjectInspectorOptions
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.ObjectInspectorFactory
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.{UDF, UDAF}
@@ -108,9 +108,7 @@ private[hive] case class HiveSimpleUdf(functionClassName: String, children: Seq[
     udfType != null && udfType.deterministic()
   }
 
-  override def foldable = {
-    isUDFDeterministic && children.foldLeft(true)((prev, n) => prev && n.foldable)
-  }
+  override def foldable = isUDFDeterministic && children.forall(_.foldable)
 
   // Create parameter converters
   @transient
@@ -154,7 +152,8 @@ private[hive] case class HiveGenericUdf(functionClassName: String, children: Seq
   protected lazy val argumentInspectors = children.map(toInspector)
 
   @transient
-  protected lazy val returnInspector = function.initialize(argumentInspectors.toArray)
+  protected lazy val returnInspector =
+    function.initializeAndFoldConstants(argumentInspectors.toArray)
 
   @transient
   protected lazy val isUDFDeterministic = {
@@ -162,9 +161,8 @@ private[hive] case class HiveGenericUdf(functionClassName: String, children: Seq
     (udfType != null && udfType.deterministic())
   }
 
-  override def foldable = {
-    isUDFDeterministic && children.foldLeft(true)((prev, n) => prev && n.foldable)
-  }
+  override def foldable =
+    isUDFDeterministic && returnInspector.isInstanceOf[ConstantObjectInspector]
 
   @transient
   protected lazy val deferedObjects =
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/resources/golden/constant object inspector for generic udf-0-cc120a2331158f570a073599985d3f55 b/sql/hive/src/test/resources/golden/constant object inspector for generic udf-0-cc120a2331158f570a073599985d3f55
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7bc77e7f2a4d3e54739ad11fc9e9320b224eb164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/resources/golden/constant object inspector for generic udf-0-cc120a2331158f570a073599985d3f55	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"aa":"10","aaaaaa":"11","aaaaaa":"12","bb12":"13","s14s14":"14"}
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveQuerySuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveQuerySuite.scala
index 0dd766f25348dd26823b915c8434aef227616df0..af45dfd6e28c2278e7ea935dc8e14b1ce9cb7013 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveQuerySuite.scala
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ class HiveQuerySuite extends HiveComparisonTest with BeforeAndAfter {
     Locale.setDefault(originalLocale)
   }
 
+  createQueryTest("constant object inspector for generic udf",
+    """SELECT named_struct(
+      lower("AA"), "10",
+      repeat(lower("AA"), 3), "11",
+      lower(repeat("AA", 3)), "12",
+      printf("Bb%d", 12), "13",
+      repeat(printf("s%d", 14), 2), "14") FROM src LIMIT 1""")
+
   createQueryTest("NaN to Decimal",
     "SELECT CAST(CAST('NaN' AS DOUBLE) AS DECIMAL(1,1)) FROM src LIMIT 1")