diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/CheckAnalysis.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/CheckAnalysis.scala
index a87ba8a865d36..a9fbe548ba39e 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/CheckAnalysis.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/CheckAnalysis.scala
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis
 
 import scala.collection.mutable
 
-import org.apache.spark.SparkException
+import org.apache.spark.{SparkException, SparkThrowable}
 import org.apache.spark.internal.{Logging, LogKeys, MDC}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.ExtendedAnalysisException
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ trait CheckAnalysis extends PredicateHelper with LookupCatalog with QueryErrorsB
   val DATA_TYPE_MISMATCH_ERROR = TreeNodeTag[Unit]("dataTypeMismatchError")
   val INVALID_FORMAT_ERROR = TreeNodeTag[Unit]("invalidFormatError")
 
-  // Error that has a lower priority, that are not supposed to throw immediately on triggering,
-  // e.g. certain internal errors. These errors will be thrown at the end of the whole check
-  // analysis process, if no other error occurs.
-  var preemptedError: Option[SparkException] = None
+  // Error that is not supposed to throw immediately on triggering, e.g. certain internal errors.
+  // The error will be thrown at the end of the whole check analysis process, if no other error
+  // occurs.
+  val preemptedError = new PreemptedError()
 
   /**
    * Fails the analysis at the point where a specific tree node was parsed using a provided
@@ -119,17 +119,14 @@ trait CheckAnalysis extends PredicateHelper with LookupCatalog with QueryErrorsB
   private def checkNotContainingLCA(exprs: Seq[Expression], plan: LogicalPlan): Unit = {
     exprs.foreach(_.transformDownWithPruning(_.containsPattern(LATERAL_COLUMN_ALIAS_REFERENCE)) {
       case lcaRef: LateralColumnAliasReference =>
-        // this should be a low priority internal error
-        if (preemptedError.isEmpty) {
-          preemptedError = Some(
-            SparkException.internalError(
-              "Resolved plan should not contain any " +
-              s"LateralColumnAliasReference.\nDebugging information: plan:\n$plan",
-              context = lcaRef.origin.getQueryContext,
-              summary = lcaRef.origin.context.summary
-            )
-          )
-        }
+        // this should be a low priority internal error to be preempted
+        preemptedError.set(
+          SparkException.internalError(
+            "Resolved plan should not contain any " +
+            s"LateralColumnAliasReference.\nDebugging information: plan:\n$plan",
+            context = lcaRef.origin.getQueryContext,
+            summary = lcaRef.origin.context.summary)
+        )
         lcaRef
     })
   }
@@ -187,15 +184,15 @@ trait CheckAnalysis extends PredicateHelper with LookupCatalog with QueryErrorsB
       case e: AnalysisException =>
         throw new ExtendedAnalysisException(e, plan)
     }
-    preemptedError = None
+    preemptedError.clear()
     try {
       checkAnalysis0(inlinedPlan)
-      preemptedError.foreach(throw _) // throw preempted error if any
+      preemptedError.getErrorOpt().foreach(throw _) // throw preempted error if any
     } catch {
       case e: AnalysisException =>
         throw new ExtendedAnalysisException(e, inlinedPlan)
     } finally {
-      preemptedError = None
+      preemptedError.clear()
     }
     plan.setAnalyzed()
   }
@@ -1563,3 +1560,31 @@ trait CheckAnalysis extends PredicateHelper with LookupCatalog with QueryErrorsB
     }
   }
 }
+
+// a heap of the preempted error that only keeps the top priority element, representing the sole
+// error to be thrown at the end of the whole check analysis process, if no other error occurs.
+class PreemptedError() {
+  case class ErrorWithPriority(error: Exception with SparkThrowable, priority: Int) {}
+
+  private var errorOpt: Option[ErrorWithPriority] = None
+
+  // Set/overwrite the given error as the preempted error, if no other errors are preempted, or it
+  // has a higher priority than the existing one.
+  // If the priority is not provided, it will be calculated based on error class. Currently internal
+  // errors have the lowest priority.
+  def set(error: Exception with SparkThrowable, priority: Option[Int] = None): Unit = {
+    val calculatedPriority = priority.getOrElse {
+      error.getErrorClass match {
+        case c if c.startsWith("INTERNAL_ERROR") => 1
+        case _ => 2
+      }
+    }
+    if (errorOpt.isEmpty || calculatedPriority > errorOpt.get.priority) {
+      errorOpt = Some(ErrorWithPriority(error, calculatedPriority))
+    }
+  }
+
+  def getErrorOpt(): Option[Exception with SparkThrowable] = errorOpt.map(_.error)
+
+  def clear(): Unit = errorOpt = None
+}
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/AnalysisSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/AnalysisSuite.scala
index 62856a96f7ee8..a44b52d0bbc28 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/AnalysisSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/AnalysisSuite.scala
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.physical.{HashPartitioning, Partition
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.types.DataTypeUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog.InMemoryTable
+import org.apache.spark.sql.errors.QueryCompilationErrors
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.v2.DataSourceV2Relation
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
@@ -1807,4 +1808,26 @@ class AnalysisSuite extends AnalysisTest with Matchers {
     val plan = testRelation.select(udf.as("u")).select($"u").analyze
     assert(plan.output.head.nullable)
   }
+
+  test("test methods of PreemptedError") {
+    val preemptedError = new PreemptedError()
+    assert(preemptedError.getErrorOpt().isEmpty)
+
+    val internalError = SparkException.internalError("some internal error to be preempted")
+    preemptedError.set(internalError)
+    assert(preemptedError.getErrorOpt().contains(internalError))
+
+    // set error with higher priority will overwrite
+    val regularError = QueryCompilationErrors.unresolvedColumnError("name", Seq("a"))
+      .asInstanceOf[AnalysisException]
+    preemptedError.set(regularError)
+    assert(preemptedError.getErrorOpt().contains(regularError))
+
+    // set error with lower priority is noop
+    preemptedError.set(internalError)
+    assert(preemptedError.getErrorOpt().contains(regularError))
+
+    preemptedError.clear()
+    assert(preemptedError.getErrorOpt().isEmpty)
+  }
 }