diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/OptimizeJsonExprs.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/OptimizeJsonExprs.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24df480208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/OptimizeJsonExprs.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.optimizer
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.LogicalPlan
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.rules.Rule
+
+/**
+ * Simplify redundant json related expressions.
+ */
+object OptimizeJsonExprs extends Rule[LogicalPlan] {
+  override def apply(plan: LogicalPlan): LogicalPlan = plan transform {
+    case p => p.transformExpressions {
+      case jsonToStructs @ JsonToStructs(_, options1,
+        StructsToJson(options2, child, timeZoneId2), timeZoneId1)
+          if options1.isEmpty && options2.isEmpty && timeZoneId1 == timeZoneId2 &&
+            jsonToStructs.dataType == child.dataType =>
+        // `StructsToJson` only fails when `JacksonGenerator` encounters data types it
+        // cannot convert to JSON. But `StructsToJson.checkInputDataTypes` already
+        // verifies its child's data types is convertible to JSON. But in
+        // `StructsToJson(JsonToStructs(...))` case, we cannot verify input json string
+        // so `JsonToStructs` might throw error in runtime. Thus we cannot optimize
+        // this case similarly.
+        child
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
index 6033c01a60..94970740d8 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ abstract class Optimizer(catalogManager: CatalogManager)
         RemoveNoopOperators,
         CombineWithFields,
         SimplifyExtractValueOps,
+        OptimizeJsonExprs,
         CombineConcats) ++
         extendedOperatorOptimizationRules
 
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/OptimizeJsonExprsSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/OptimizeJsonExprsSuite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90397d4cab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/OptimizeJsonExprsSuite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.optimizer
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.dsl.expressions._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.dsl.plans._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.PlanTest
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.{LocalRelation, LogicalPlan}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.rules.RuleExecutor
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeUtils.getZoneId
+import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
+
+class OptimizeJsonExprsSuite extends PlanTest with ExpressionEvalHelper {
+
+  object Optimizer extends RuleExecutor[LogicalPlan] {
+    val batches = Batch("Json optimization", FixedPoint(10), OptimizeJsonExprs) :: Nil
+  }
+
+  val schema = StructType.fromDDL("a int, b int")
+
+  private val structAtt = 'struct.struct(schema).notNull
+
+  private val testRelation = LocalRelation(structAtt)
+
+  test("SPARK-32948: optimize from_json + to_json") {
+    val options = Map.empty[String, String]
+
+    val query1 = testRelation
+      .select(JsonToStructs(schema, options, StructsToJson(options, 'struct)).as("struct"))
+    val optimized1 = Optimizer.execute(query1.analyze)
+
+    val expected = testRelation.select('struct.as("struct")).analyze
+    comparePlans(optimized1, expected)
+
+    val query2 = testRelation
+      .select(
+        JsonToStructs(schema, options,
+          StructsToJson(options,
+            JsonToStructs(schema, options,
+              StructsToJson(options, 'struct)))).as("struct"))
+    val optimized2 = Optimizer.execute(query2.analyze)
+
+    comparePlans(optimized2, expected)
+  }
+
+  test("SPARK-32948: not optimize from_json + to_json if schema is different") {
+    val options = Map.empty[String, String]
+    val schema = StructType.fromDDL("a int")
+
+    val query = testRelation
+      .select(JsonToStructs(schema, options, StructsToJson(options, 'struct)).as("struct"))
+    val optimized = Optimizer.execute(query.analyze)
+
+    val expected = testRelation.select(
+      JsonToStructs(schema, options, StructsToJson(options, 'struct)).as("struct")).analyze
+    comparePlans(optimized, expected)
+  }
+
+  test("SPARK-32948: if user gives schema with different letter case under case-insensitive") {
+    withSQLConf(SQLConf.CASE_SENSITIVE.key -> "false") {
+      val options = Map.empty[String, String]
+      val schema = StructType.fromDDL("a int, B int")
+
+      val query = testRelation
+        .select(JsonToStructs(schema, options, StructsToJson(options, 'struct)).as("struct"))
+      val optimized = Optimizer.execute(query.analyze)
+
+      val expected = testRelation.select(
+        JsonToStructs(schema, options, StructsToJson(options, 'struct)).as("struct")).analyze
+      comparePlans(optimized, expected)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("SPARK-32948: not optimize from_json + to_json if nullability is different") {
+    val options = Map.empty[String, String]
+    val nonNullSchema = StructType(
+      StructField("a", IntegerType, false) :: StructField("b", IntegerType, false) :: Nil)
+
+    val structAtt = 'struct.struct(nonNullSchema).notNull
+    val testRelationWithNonNullAttr = LocalRelation(structAtt)
+
+    val schema = StructType.fromDDL("a int, b int")
+
+    val query = testRelationWithNonNullAttr
+      .select(JsonToStructs(schema, options, StructsToJson(options, 'struct)).as("struct"))
+    val optimized = Optimizer.execute(query.analyze)
+
+    val expected = testRelationWithNonNullAttr.select(
+      JsonToStructs(schema, options, StructsToJson(options, 'struct)).as("struct")).analyze
+    comparePlans(optimized, expected)
+  }
+
+  test("SPARK-32948: not optimize from_json + to_json if option is not empty") {
+    val options = Map("testOption" -> "test")
+
+    val query = testRelation
+      .select(JsonToStructs(schema, options, StructsToJson(options, 'struct)).as("struct"))
+    val optimized = Optimizer.execute(query.analyze)
+
+    val expected = testRelation.select(
+      JsonToStructs(schema, options, StructsToJson(options, 'struct)).as("struct")).analyze
+    comparePlans(optimized, expected)
+  }
+
+  test("SPARK-32948: not optimize from_json + to_json if timezone is different") {
+    val options = Map.empty[String, String]
+    val UTC_OPT = Option("UTC")
+    val PST = getZoneId("-08:00")
+
+    val query1 = testRelation
+      .select(JsonToStructs(schema, options,
+        StructsToJson(options, 'struct, Option(PST.getId)), UTC_OPT).as("struct"))
+    val optimized1 = Optimizer.execute(query1.analyze)
+
+    val expected1 = testRelation.select(
+      JsonToStructs(schema, options,
+        StructsToJson(options, 'struct, Option(PST.getId)), UTC_OPT).as("struct")).analyze
+    comparePlans(optimized1, expected1)
+
+    val query2 = testRelation
+      .select(JsonToStructs(schema, options,
+        StructsToJson(options, 'struct, UTC_OPT), UTC_OPT).as("struct"))
+    val optimized2 = Optimizer.execute(query2.analyze)
+    val expected2 = testRelation.select('struct.as("struct")).analyze
+    comparePlans(optimized2, expected2)
+  }
+}