diff --git a/serde/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/serde2/objectinspector/primitive/PrimitiveObjectInspectorUtils.java b/serde/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/serde2/objectinspector/primitive/PrimitiveObjectInspectorUtils.java
index c61b4c3c581c..c595fdb8e543 100644
--- a/serde/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/serde2/objectinspector/primitive/PrimitiveObjectInspectorUtils.java
+++ b/serde/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/serde2/objectinspector/primitive/PrimitiveObjectInspectorUtils.java
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ public static PrimitiveTypeEntry getTypeEntryFromPrimitiveWritableClass(
    * Get the TypeEntry for the given base type name (int, varchar, etc).
    */
   public static PrimitiveTypeEntry getTypeEntryFromTypeName(String typeName) {
-    return typeNameToTypeEntry.get(typeName);
+    return typeNameToTypeEntry.get(typeName.toLowerCase());
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/serde/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hive/serde2/TestOpenCSVSerde.java b/serde/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hive/serde2/TestOpenCSVSerde.java
index 7bba591f7e99..f4aa949777ca 100644
--- a/serde/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hive/serde2/TestOpenCSVSerde.java
+++ b/serde/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hive/serde2/TestOpenCSVSerde.java
@@ -39,6 +39,18 @@ public void setup() throws Exception {
     props.setProperty(serdeConstants.LIST_COLUMN_TYPES, "string,string,string");
   }
 
+
+  @Test
+  public void testColumnDeserializeCase() throws Exception {
+    props.setProperty(serdeConstants.LIST_COLUMN_TYPES, "STRING,String,string");
+    csv.initialize(null, props, null);
+    final Text in = new Text("hello,\"yes, okay\",1");
+    final List<String> row = (List<String>) csv.deserialize(in);
+    assertEquals("hello", row.get(0));
+    assertEquals("yes, okay", row.get(1));
+    assertEquals("1", row.get(2));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testDeserialize() throws Exception {
     csv.initialize(null, props, null);