diff --git a/lib/trino-hive-formats/src/main/java/io/trino/hive/formats/avro/AvroPageDataReader.java b/lib/trino-hive-formats/src/main/java/io/trino/hive/formats/avro/AvroPageDataReader.java
index 2d3f1bfb4acc..365f421ed7cc 100644
--- a/lib/trino-hive-formats/src/main/java/io/trino/hive/formats/avro/AvroPageDataReader.java
+++ b/lib/trino-hive-formats/src/main/java/io/trino/hive/formats/avro/AvroPageDataReader.java
@@ -208,11 +208,29 @@ private static BlockBuildingDecoder createBlockBuildingDecoderForAction(Resolver
                     yield new ReaderUnionCoercedIntoRowBlockBuildingDecoder((Resolver.ReaderUnion) action, typeManager);
                 }
             }
-            case ERROR -> throw new AvroTypeException("Resolution action returned with error " + action);
+            case ERROR -> new TypeErrorThrower((Resolver.ErrorAction) action);
             case SKIP -> throw new IllegalStateException("Skips filtered by row step");
         };
     }
 
+    private static class TypeErrorThrower
+            extends BlockBuildingDecoder
+    {
+        private final Resolver.ErrorAction action;
+
+        public TypeErrorThrower(Resolver.ErrorAction action)
+        {
+            this.action = requireNonNull(action, "action is null");
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void decodeIntoBlock(Decoder decoder, BlockBuilder builder)
+                throws IOException
+        {
+            throw new IOException(new AvroTypeException("Resolution action returned with error " + action));
+        }
+    }
+
     // Different plugins may have different Avro Schema to Type mappings
     // that are currently transforming GenericDatumReader returned objects into their target type during the record reading process
     // This block building decoder allows plugin writers to port that code directly and use within this reader
diff --git a/lib/trino-hive-formats/src/test/java/io/trino/hive/formats/avro/TestAvroPageDataReaderWithoutTypeManager.java b/lib/trino-hive-formats/src/test/java/io/trino/hive/formats/avro/TestAvroPageDataReaderWithoutTypeManager.java
index bcc88c9068b9..2234c0a3bed4 100644
--- a/lib/trino-hive-formats/src/test/java/io/trino/hive/formats/avro/TestAvroPageDataReaderWithoutTypeManager.java
+++ b/lib/trino-hive-formats/src/test/java/io/trino/hive/formats/avro/TestAvroPageDataReaderWithoutTypeManager.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import io.airlift.slice.Slice;
 import io.trino.filesystem.TrinoInputFile;
 import io.trino.spi.Page;
@@ -335,4 +336,38 @@ public void testCoercionOfUnionToStruct()
             assertThat(totalRecords).isEqualTo(3);
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRead3UnionWith2UnionDataWith2Union()
+            throws IOException, AvroTypeException
+    {
+        Schema twoUnion = Schema.createUnion(Schema.create(Schema.Type.NULL), Schema.create(Schema.Type.INT));
+        Schema threeUnion = Schema.createUnion(Schema.create(Schema.Type.NULL), Schema.create(Schema.Type.INT), Schema.create(Schema.Type.STRING));
+
+        Schema twoUnionRecord = SchemaBuilder.builder()
+                .record("aRecord")
+                .fields()
+                .name("aField")
+                .type(twoUnion)
+                .noDefault()
+                .endRecord();
+
+        Schema threeUnionRecord = SchemaBuilder.builder()
+                .record("aRecord")
+                .fields()
+                .name("aField")
+                .type(threeUnion)
+                .noDefault()
+                .endRecord();
+
+        // write a file with the 3 union schema, using 2 union data
+        TrinoInputFile inputFile = createWrittenFileWithData(threeUnionRecord, ImmutableList.copyOf(Iterables.transform(new RandomData(twoUnionRecord, 1000), object -> (GenericRecord) object)));
+
+        //read the file with the 2 union schema and ensure that no error thrown
+        try (AvroFileReader avroFileReader = new AvroFileReader(inputFile, twoUnionRecord, NoOpAvroTypeManager.INSTANCE)) {
+            while (avroFileReader.hasNext()) {
+                assertThat(avroFileReader.next()).isNotNull();
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }