diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-hive-bundle/nifi-hive3-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/hive/PutHive3Streaming.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-hive-bundle/nifi-hive3-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/hive/PutHive3Streaming.java
index 82843cf109..810471bb09 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-hive-bundle/nifi-hive3-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/hive/PutHive3Streaming.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-hive-bundle/nifi-hive3-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/hive/PutHive3Streaming.java
@@ -435,7 +435,11 @@ public class PutHive3Streaming extends AbstractProcessor {
                     throw new ShouldRetryException(te.getLocalizedMessage(), te);
                 }
             } catch (RecordReaderFactoryException rrfe) {
-                throw new ProcessException(rrfe);
+                if (rollbackOnFailure) {
+                    throw new ProcessException(rrfe);
+                } else {
+                    session.transfer(flowFile, REL_FAILURE);
+                }
             }
         } catch (InvalidTable | SerializationError | StreamingIOFailure | IOException e) {
             if (rollbackOnFailure) {
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-hive-bundle/nifi-hive3-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/hive/TestPutHive3Streaming.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-hive-bundle/nifi-hive3-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/hive/TestPutHive3Streaming.java
index ee05416ad8..74623d0f8c 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-hive-bundle/nifi-hive3-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/hive/TestPutHive3Streaming.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-hive-bundle/nifi-hive3-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/hive/TestPutHive3Streaming.java
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ import org.apache.nifi.controller.ControllerService;
 import org.apache.nifi.controller.ControllerServiceInitializationContext;
 import org.apache.nifi.hadoop.SecurityUtil;
 import org.apache.nifi.kerberos.KerberosCredentialsService;
+import org.apache.nifi.logging.ComponentLog;
 import org.apache.nifi.processor.exception.ProcessException;
 import org.apache.nifi.reporting.InitializationException;
+import org.apache.nifi.schema.access.SchemaNotFoundException;
 import org.apache.nifi.serialization.MalformedRecordException;
 import org.apache.nifi.serialization.RecordReader;
 import org.apache.nifi.serialization.record.MapRecord;
@@ -152,18 +154,26 @@ public class TestPutHive3Streaming {
     }
 
     private void configure(final PutHive3Streaming processor, final int numUsers) throws InitializationException {
-        configure(processor, numUsers, -1);
+        configure(processor, numUsers, false, -1);
     }
 
-    private void configure(final PutHive3Streaming processor, final int numUsers, int failAfter) throws InitializationException {
-        configure(processor, numUsers, failAfter, null);
+    private void configure(final PutHive3Streaming processor, final int numUsers, boolean failOnCreateReader, int failAfter) throws InitializationException {
+        configure(processor, numUsers, failOnCreateReader, failAfter, null);
     }
 
-    private void configure(final PutHive3Streaming processor, final int numUsers, final int failAfter,
+    private void configure(final PutHive3Streaming processor, final int numUsers, final boolean failOnCreateReader, final int failAfter,
                            final BiFunction<Integer, MockRecordParser, Void> recordGenerator) throws InitializationException {
         runner = TestRunners.newTestRunner(processor);
         runner.setProperty(PutHive3Streaming.HIVE_CONFIGURATION_RESOURCES, TEST_CONF_PATH);
-        MockRecordParser readerFactory = new MockRecordParser();
+        MockRecordParser readerFactory = new MockRecordParser() {
+            @Override
+            public RecordReader createRecordReader(Map<String, String> variables, InputStream in, ComponentLog logger) throws IOException, SchemaNotFoundException {
+                if (failOnCreateReader) {
+                    throw new SchemaNotFoundException("test");
+                }
+                return super.createRecordReader(variables, in, logger);
+            }
+        };
         final RecordSchema recordSchema = AvroTypeUtil.createSchema(schema);
         for (final RecordField recordField : recordSchema.getFields()) {
             readerFactory.addSchemaField(recordField.getFieldName(), recordField.getDataType().getFieldType(), recordField.isNullable());
@@ -344,7 +354,7 @@ public class TestPutHive3Streaming {
 
     @Test
     public void onTriggerBadInput() throws Exception {
-        configure(processor, 1, 0);
+        configure(processor, 1, false, 0);
         runner.setProperty(PutHive3Streaming.METASTORE_URI, "thrift://localhost:9083");
         runner.setProperty(PutHive3Streaming.DB_NAME, "default");
         runner.setProperty(PutHive3Streaming.TABLE_NAME, "users");
@@ -356,7 +366,7 @@ public class TestPutHive3Streaming {
 
     @Test
     public void onTriggerBadInputRollbackOnFailure() throws Exception {
-        configure(processor, 1, 0);
+        configure(processor, 1, false, 0);
         runner.setProperty(PutHive3Streaming.METASTORE_URI, "thrift://localhost:9083");
         runner.setProperty(PutHive3Streaming.DB_NAME, "default");
         runner.setProperty(PutHive3Streaming.TABLE_NAME, "users");
@@ -375,6 +385,39 @@ public class TestPutHive3Streaming {
         assertEquals(1, runner.getQueueSize().getObjectCount());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void onTriggerBadCreate() throws Exception {
+        configure(processor, 1, true, 0);
+        runner.setProperty(PutHive3Streaming.METASTORE_URI, "thrift://localhost:9083");
+        runner.setProperty(PutHive3Streaming.DB_NAME, "default");
+        runner.setProperty(PutHive3Streaming.TABLE_NAME, "users");
+        runner.enqueue(new byte[0]);
+        runner.run();
+
+        runner.assertTransferCount(PutHive3Streaming.REL_FAILURE, 1);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void onTriggerBadCreateRollbackOnFailure() throws Exception {
+        configure(processor, 1, true, 0);
+        runner.setProperty(PutHive3Streaming.METASTORE_URI, "thrift://localhost:9083");
+        runner.setProperty(PutHive3Streaming.DB_NAME, "default");
+        runner.setProperty(PutHive3Streaming.TABLE_NAME, "users");
+
+        runner.setProperty(PutHive3Streaming.ROLLBACK_ON_FAILURE, "true");
+        runner.enqueue(new byte[0]);
+        try {
+            runner.run();
+            fail("ProcessException should be thrown");
+        } catch (AssertionError e) {
+            assertTrue(e.getCause() instanceof ProcessException);
+        }
+
+        runner.assertTransferCount(PutHive3Streaming.REL_FAILURE, 0);
+        // Assert incoming FlowFile stays in input queue.
+        assertEquals(1, runner.getQueueSize().getObjectCount());
+    }
+
 
     @Test
     public void onTriggerMultipleRecordsSingleTransaction() throws Exception {