diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/UpdateWriter.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/UpdateWriter.scala
index 614ee579c0538..806f524954224 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/UpdateWriter.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/UpdateWriter.scala
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class UpdateWriter[T](dataset: Dataset[T], assignments: Map[String, Column]) {
    * Executes the update operation.
    */
   def execute(): Unit = {
-    new UpdateWithCondition(dataset, assignments, None)
+    new UpdateWithCondition(dataset, assignments, None).execute()
   }
 }