diff --git a/sql-plugin/src/main/301until320-all/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/shims/v2/OrcShims301until320Base.scala b/sql-plugin/src/main/301until320-all/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/shims/v2/OrcShims301until320Base.scala
index 543cb7c9afd..b5bb20f6f4a 100644
--- a/sql-plugin/src/main/301until320-all/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/shims/v2/OrcShims301until320Base.scala
+++ b/sql-plugin/src/main/301until320-all/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/shims/v2/OrcShims301until320Base.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
 import com.nvidia.spark.rapids.OrcOutputStripe
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.common.io.DiskRangeList
-import org.apache.orc.{CompressionCodec, CompressionKind, DataReader, OrcFile, OrcProto, PhysicalWriter, Reader, StripeInformation}
+import org.apache.orc.{CompressionCodec, CompressionKind, DataReader, OrcFile, OrcProto, PhysicalWriter, Reader, StripeInformation, TypeDescription}
 import org.apache.orc.impl.{DataReaderProperties, OutStream, SchemaEvolution}
 import org.apache.orc.impl.RecordReaderImpl.SargApplier
 
@@ -84,4 +84,11 @@ trait OrcShims301until320Base {
     }
     result
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Compare if the two TypeDescriptions are equal by ignoring attribute
+   */
+  def typeDescriptionEqual(lhs: TypeDescription, rhs: TypeDescription): Boolean = {
+    lhs.equals(rhs)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sql-plugin/src/main/320+/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/shims/v2/OrcShims.scala b/sql-plugin/src/main/320+/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/shims/v2/OrcShims.scala
index 49dd18424fd..c1ad560089b 100644
--- a/sql-plugin/src/main/320+/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/shims/v2/OrcShims.scala
+++ b/sql-plugin/src/main/320+/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/shims/v2/OrcShims.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import com.nvidia.spark.rapids.OrcOutputStripe
 import com.nvidia.spark.rapids.RapidsPluginImplicits._
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.common.io.DiskRangeList
-import org.apache.orc.{CompressionCodec, CompressionKind, DataReader, OrcConf, OrcFile, OrcProto, PhysicalWriter, Reader, StripeInformation}
+import org.apache.orc.{CompressionCodec, CompressionKind, DataReader, OrcConf, OrcFile, OrcProto, PhysicalWriter, Reader, StripeInformation, TypeDescription}
 import org.apache.orc.impl.{BufferChunk, BufferChunkList, DataReaderProperties, InStream, OrcCodecPool, OutStream, ReaderImpl, SchemaEvolution}
 import org.apache.orc.impl.RecordReaderImpl.SargApplier
 import org.apache.orc.impl.reader.StripePlanner
@@ -120,4 +120,11 @@ object OrcShims {
     result
 
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Compare if the two TypeDescriptions are equal by ignoring attribute
+   */
+  def typeDescriptionEqual(lhs: TypeDescription, rhs: TypeDescription): Boolean = {
+    lhs.equals(rhs, false)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/GpuOrcScanBase.scala b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/GpuOrcScanBase.scala
index 6493d2cd3a7..095386d3337 100644
--- a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/GpuOrcScanBase.scala
+++ b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/GpuOrcScanBase.scala
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ private case class GpuOrcFileFilterHandler(
           newUnion
         // Primitive types should be equal to each other.
         case _ =>
-          if (fileSchema != readSchema) {
+          if (!OrcShims.typeDescriptionEqual(fileSchema, readSchema)) {
             throw new QueryExecutionException("Incompatible schemas for ORC file" +
               s" at ${partFile.filePath}\n" +
               s" file schema: $fileSchema\n" +