diff --git a/connector/kafka-0-10-sql/src/main/resources/error/kafka-error-conditions.json b/connector/kafka-0-10-sql/src/main/resources/error/kafka-error-conditions.json
index 4260d96654d73..c256b8cbebb2d 100644
--- a/connector/kafka-0-10-sql/src/main/resources/error/kafka-error-conditions.json
+++ b/connector/kafka-0-10-sql/src/main/resources/error/kafka-error-conditions.json
@@ -120,5 +120,13 @@
     "message" : [
       "The specified start <offsetType> <startOffset> is greater than the end <offsetType> <endOffset> for topic <topic> partition <partition>."
     ]
+  },
+  "KAFKA_MALFORMED_RECORD_TIMESTAMP" : {
+    "message": [
+      "Record at topic <topic> partition <partition> offset <offset> has timestamp value <timestamp> that overflows when converting to Spark's microsecond-precision TimestampType.",
+      "Kafka record timestamps must be in milliseconds since epoch per the Kafka protocol. The provided value suggests the producer may be writing timestamps in microseconds or nanoseconds instead.",
+      "Ensure the Kafka producer sets the ProducerRecord timestamp in milliseconds."
+    ],
+    "sqlState": "22008"
   }
 }
diff --git a/connector/kafka-0-10-sql/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/kafka010/KafkaExceptions.scala b/connector/kafka-0-10-sql/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/kafka010/KafkaExceptions.scala
index 9db9f69c54dfe..17472fb920f19 100644
--- a/connector/kafka-0-10-sql/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/kafka010/KafkaExceptions.scala
+++ b/connector/kafka-0-10-sql/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/kafka010/KafkaExceptions.scala
@@ -178,6 +178,25 @@ object KafkaExceptions {
         "assignedPartitions" -> assignedPartitions.toString))
   }
 
+  def kafkaMalformedRecordTimestamp(
+      topic: String,
+      partition: Int,
+      offset: Long,
+      timestamp: Long,
+      cause: Throwable
+  ): KafkaIllegalStateException = {
+    new KafkaIllegalStateException(
+      errorClass = "KAFKA_MALFORMED_RECORD_TIMESTAMP",
+      messageParameters = Map(
+        "topic" -> topic,
+        "partition" -> partition.toString,
+        "offset" -> offset.toString,
+        "timestamp" -> timestamp.toString
+      ),
+      cause = cause
+    )
+  }
+
   def nullTopicInData(): KafkaIllegalStateException = {
     new KafkaIllegalStateException(
       errorClass = "KAFKA_NULL_TOPIC_IN_DATA",
diff --git a/connector/kafka-0-10-sql/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/kafka010/KafkaRecordToRowConverter.scala b/connector/kafka-0-10-sql/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/kafka010/KafkaRecordToRowConverter.scala
index 8d0bcc5816775..212b08ee3979b 100644
--- a/connector/kafka-0-10-sql/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/kafka010/KafkaRecordToRowConverter.scala
+++ b/connector/kafka-0-10-sql/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/kafka010/KafkaRecordToRowConverter.scala
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ private[kafka010] class KafkaRecordToRowConverter {
   val toInternalRowWithoutHeaders: Record => InternalRow =
     (cr: Record) => InternalRow(
       cr.key, cr.value, UTF8String.fromString(cr.topic), cr.partition, cr.offset,
-      DateTimeUtils.fromJavaTimestamp(new Timestamp(cr.timestamp)), cr.timestampType.id
+      parseTimestamp(cr), cr.timestampType.id
     )
 
   val toInternalRowWithHeaders: Record => InternalRow =
     (cr: Record) => InternalRow(
       cr.key, cr.value, UTF8String.fromString(cr.topic), cr.partition, cr.offset,
-      DateTimeUtils.fromJavaTimestamp(new Timestamp(cr.timestamp)), cr.timestampType.id,
+      parseTimestamp(cr), cr.timestampType.id,
       if (cr.headers.iterator().hasNext) {
         new GenericArrayData(cr.headers.iterator().asScala
           .map(header =>
@@ -90,4 +90,19 @@ private[kafka010] object KafkaRecordToRowConverter {
   def kafkaSchema(includeHeaders: Boolean): StructType = {
     if (includeHeaders) schemaWithHeaders else schemaWithoutHeaders
   }
+
+  private def parseTimestamp(cr: Record): Long = {
+    try {
+      DateTimeUtils.fromJavaTimestamp(new Timestamp(cr.timestamp))
+    } catch {
+      case e: ArithmeticException =>
+        throw KafkaExceptions.kafkaMalformedRecordTimestamp(
+          cr.topic(),
+          cr.partition(),
+          cr.offset(),
+          cr.timestamp(),
+          e
+        )
+    }
+  }
 }