diff --git a/src/Processors/Formats/Impl/AvroRowInputFormat.cpp b/src/Processors/Formats/Impl/AvroRowInputFormat.cpp
index 812bed23451..d756b8191bd 100644
--- a/src/Processors/Formats/Impl/AvroRowInputFormat.cpp
+++ b/src/Processors/Formats/Impl/AvroRowInputFormat.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "AvroRowInputFormat.h"
+#include "DataTypes/DataTypeLowCardinality.h"
 #if USE_AVRO
 
 #include <numeric>
@@ -174,7 +175,10 @@ static std::string nodeName(avro::NodePtr node)
 
 AvroDeserializer::DeserializeFn AvroDeserializer::createDeserializeFn(avro::NodePtr root_node, DataTypePtr target_type)
 {
-    WhichDataType target(target_type);
+    const WhichDataType target = target_type->getTypeId() == TypeIndex::LowCardinality
+        ? removeLowCardinality(target_type)
+        : target_type;
+
     switch (root_node->type())
     {
         case avro::AVRO_STRING: [[fallthrough]];
@@ -384,7 +388,8 @@ AvroDeserializer::DeserializeFn AvroDeserializer::createDeserializeFn(avro::Node
     }
 
     throw Exception(
-        "Type " + target_type->getName() + " is not compatible with Avro " + avro::toString(root_node->type()) + ":\n" + nodeToJson(root_node),
+        "Type " + target_type->getName() + " is not compatible with Avro " + avro::toString(root_node->type()) + ":\n"
+        + nodeToJson(root_node),
         ErrorCodes::ILLEGAL_COLUMN);
 }