diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamOptions.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamOptions.scala
index 25ebe1797bed883360f18e59bce25de88bbb7ff1..fe64838696a6e36b08d6df6f97b4e58cba586f0a 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamOptions.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamOptions.scala
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ class FileStreamOptions(parameters: CaseInsensitiveMap) extends Logging {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Maximum age of a file that can be found in this directory, before it is deleted.
+   * Maximum age of a file that can be found in this directory, before it is ignored. For the
+   * first batch all files will be considered valid. If `latestFirst` is set to `true` and
+   * `maxFilesPerTrigger` is set, then this parameter will be ignored, because old files that are
+   * valid, and should be processed, may be ignored. Please refer to SPARK-19813 for details.
    *
    * The max age is specified with respect to the timestamp of the latest file, and not the
    * timestamp of the current system. That this means if the last file has timestamp 1000, and the
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSource.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSource.scala
index 39c0b4979687b1dd615b4512d67bd6f4b3911770..0f0b6f1893583c925a873f8d0de62ccfbf2569f3 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSource.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/FileStreamSource.scala
@@ -64,23 +64,29 @@ class FileStreamSource(
 
   private val fileSortOrder = if (sourceOptions.latestFirst) {
       logWarning(
-        """'latestFirst' is true. New files will be processed first.
-          |It may affect the watermark value""".stripMargin)
+        """'latestFirst' is true. New files will be processed first, which may affect the watermark
+          |value. In addition, 'maxFileAge' will be ignored.""".stripMargin)
       implicitly[Ordering[Long]].reverse
     } else {
       implicitly[Ordering[Long]]
     }
 
+  private val maxFileAgeMs: Long = if (sourceOptions.latestFirst && maxFilesPerBatch.isDefined) {
+    Long.MaxValue
+  } else {
+    sourceOptions.maxFileAgeMs
+  }
+
   /** A mapping from a file that we have processed to some timestamp it was last modified. */
   // Visible for testing and debugging in production.
-  val seenFiles = new SeenFilesMap(sourceOptions.maxFileAgeMs)
+  val seenFiles = new SeenFilesMap(maxFileAgeMs)
 
   metadataLog.allFiles().foreach { entry =>
     seenFiles.add(entry.path, entry.timestamp)
   }
   seenFiles.purge()
 
-  logInfo(s"maxFilesPerBatch = $maxFilesPerBatch, maxFileAge = ${sourceOptions.maxFileAgeMs}")
+  logInfo(s"maxFilesPerBatch = $maxFilesPerBatch, maxFileAge = $maxFileAgeMs")
 
   /**
    * Returns the maximum offset that can be retrieved from the source.
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/FileStreamSourceSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/FileStreamSourceSuite.scala
index 8a9fa94bea60174aa1885c0ab7fbc930f43ff6bb..f14aedbba86ab8ecf5a113736cce84e795b7aa6f 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/FileStreamSourceSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/FileStreamSourceSuite.scala
@@ -1078,6 +1078,41 @@ class FileStreamSourceSuite extends FileStreamSourceTest {
     SerializedOffset(str.trim)
   }
 
+  private def runTwoBatchesAndVerifyResults(
+      src: File,
+      latestFirst: Boolean,
+      firstBatch: String,
+      secondBatch: String,
+      maxFileAge: Option[String] = None): Unit = {
+    val srcOptions = Map("latestFirst" -> latestFirst.toString, "maxFilesPerTrigger" -> "1") ++
+      maxFileAge.map("maxFileAge" -> _)
+    val fileStream = createFileStream(
+      "text",
+      src.getCanonicalPath,
+      options = srcOptions)
+    val clock = new StreamManualClock()
+    testStream(fileStream)(
+      StartStream(trigger = ProcessingTime(10), triggerClock = clock),
+      AssertOnQuery { _ =>
+        // Block until the first batch finishes.
+        eventually(timeout(streamingTimeout)) {
+          assert(clock.isStreamWaitingAt(0))
+        }
+        true
+      },
+      CheckLastBatch(firstBatch),
+      AdvanceManualClock(10),
+      AssertOnQuery { _ =>
+        // Block until the second batch finishes.
+        eventually(timeout(streamingTimeout)) {
+          assert(clock.isStreamWaitingAt(10))
+        }
+        true
+      },
+      CheckLastBatch(secondBatch)
+    )
+  }
+
   test("FileStreamSource - latestFirst") {
     withTempDir { src =>
       // Prepare two files: 1.txt, 2.txt, and make sure they have different modified time.
@@ -1085,42 +1120,23 @@ class FileStreamSourceSuite extends FileStreamSourceTest {
       val f2 = stringToFile(new File(src, "2.txt"), "2")
       f2.setLastModified(f1.lastModified + 1000)
 
-      def runTwoBatchesAndVerifyResults(
-          latestFirst: Boolean,
-          firstBatch: String,
-          secondBatch: String): Unit = {
-        val fileStream = createFileStream(
-          "text",
-          src.getCanonicalPath,
-          options = Map("latestFirst" -> latestFirst.toString, "maxFilesPerTrigger" -> "1"))
-        val clock = new StreamManualClock()
-        testStream(fileStream)(
-          StartStream(trigger = ProcessingTime(10), triggerClock = clock),
-          AssertOnQuery { _ =>
-            // Block until the first batch finishes.
-            eventually(timeout(streamingTimeout)) {
-              assert(clock.isStreamWaitingAt(0))
-            }
-            true
-          },
-          CheckLastBatch(firstBatch),
-          AdvanceManualClock(10),
-          AssertOnQuery { _ =>
-            // Block until the second batch finishes.
-            eventually(timeout(streamingTimeout)) {
-              assert(clock.isStreamWaitingAt(10))
-            }
-            true
-          },
-          CheckLastBatch(secondBatch)
-        )
-      }
-
       // Read oldest files first, so the first batch is "1", and the second batch is "2".
-      runTwoBatchesAndVerifyResults(latestFirst = false, firstBatch = "1", secondBatch = "2")
+      runTwoBatchesAndVerifyResults(src, latestFirst = false, firstBatch = "1", secondBatch = "2")
 
       // Read latest files first, so the first batch is "2", and the second batch is "1".
-      runTwoBatchesAndVerifyResults(latestFirst = true, firstBatch = "2", secondBatch = "1")
+      runTwoBatchesAndVerifyResults(src, latestFirst = true, firstBatch = "2", secondBatch = "1")
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("SPARK-19813: Ignore maxFileAge when maxFilesPerTrigger and latestFirst is used") {
+    withTempDir { src =>
+      // Prepare two files: 1.txt, 2.txt, and make sure they have different modified time.
+      val f1 = stringToFile(new File(src, "1.txt"), "1")
+      val f2 = stringToFile(new File(src, "2.txt"), "2")
+      f2.setLastModified(f1.lastModified + 3600 * 1000 /* 1 hour later */)
+
+      runTwoBatchesAndVerifyResults(src, latestFirst = true, firstBatch = "2", secondBatch = "1",
+        maxFileAge = Some("1m") /* 1 minute */)
     }
   }