diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/ResolvePartitionSpec.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/ResolvePartitionSpec.scala
index 8eccd4b104c60..dcc4e863fe9c8 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/ResolvePartitionSpec.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/ResolvePartitionSpec.scala
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ object ResolvePartitionSpec extends Rule[LogicalPlan] {
       tableName: String,
       partSpec: UnresolvedPartitionSpec,
       partSchema: StructType,
-      allowPartitionSpec: Boolean): ResolvedPartitionSpec = {
+      allowPartialPartitionSpec: Boolean): ResolvedPartitionSpec = {
     val normalizedSpec = normalizePartitionSpec(
       partSpec.spec,
       partSchema,
       tableName,
       conf.resolver)
-    if (!allowPartitionSpec) {
+    if (!allowPartialPartitionSpec) {
       requireExactMatchedPartitionSpec(tableName, normalizedSpec,
         partSchema.fieldNames.toImmutableArraySeq)
     }