diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/json/JsonExpressionUtils.java b/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/json/JsonExpressionUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ca2ae80042df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/json/JsonExpressionUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * 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.expressions.json;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken;
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.SharedFactory;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.json.CreateJacksonParser;
+import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.UTF8String;
+
+public class JsonExpressionUtils {
+
+  public static Integer lengthOfJsonArray(UTF8String json) {
+    // return null for null input
+    if (json == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    try (JsonParser jsonParser =
+        CreateJacksonParser.utf8String(SharedFactory.jsonFactory(), json)) {
+      if (jsonParser.nextToken() == null) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      // Only JSON array are supported for this function.
+      if (jsonParser.currentToken() != JsonToken.START_ARRAY) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      // Parse the array to compute its length.
+      int length = 0;
+      // Keep traversing until the end of JSON array
+      while (jsonParser.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_ARRAY) {
+        length += 1;
+        // skip all the child of inner object or array
+        jsonParser.skipChildren();
+      }
+      return length;
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/jsonExpressions.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/jsonExpressions.scala
index bdcf3f0c1eeab..e1f2b1c1df62a 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/jsonExpressions.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/jsonExpressions.scala
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.TypeCheckResult
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.TypeCheckResult.DataTypeMismatch
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.codegen.{CodegenContext, CodeGenerator, CodegenFallback, ExprCode}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.codegen.Block.BlockHelper
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.json.JsonExpressionUtils
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.objects.StaticInvoke
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.variant.VariantExpressionEvalUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.json._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.trees.TreePattern.{JSON_TO_STRUCT, TreePattern}
@@ -967,54 +969,26 @@ case class SchemaOfJson(
   group = "json_funcs",
   since = "3.1.0"
 )
-case class LengthOfJsonArray(child: Expression) extends UnaryExpression
-  with CodegenFallback with ExpectsInputTypes {
+case class LengthOfJsonArray(child: Expression)
+  extends UnaryExpression
+  with ExpectsInputTypes
+  with RuntimeReplaceable {
 
   override def inputTypes: Seq[AbstractDataType] = Seq(StringTypeWithCaseAccentSensitivity)
   override def dataType: DataType = IntegerType
   override def nullable: Boolean = true
   override def prettyName: String = "json_array_length"
 
-  override def eval(input: InternalRow): Any = {
-    val json = child.eval(input).asInstanceOf[UTF8String]
-    // return null for null input
-    if (json == null) {
-      return null
-    }
-
-    try {
-      Utils.tryWithResource(CreateJacksonParser.utf8String(SharedFactory.jsonFactory, json)) {
-        parser => {
-          // return null if null array is encountered.
-          if (parser.nextToken() == null) {
-            return null
-          }
-          // Parse the array to compute its length.
-          parseCounter(parser, input)
-        }
-      }
-    } catch {
-      case _: JsonProcessingException | _: IOException => null
-    }
-  }
-
-  private def parseCounter(parser: JsonParser, input: InternalRow): Any = {
-    var length = 0
-    // Only JSON array are supported for this function.
-    if (parser.currentToken != JsonToken.START_ARRAY) {
-      return null
-    }
-    // Keep traversing until the end of JSON array
-    while(parser.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_ARRAY) {
-      length += 1
-      // skip all the child of inner object or array
-      parser.skipChildren()
-    }
-    length
-  }
-
   override protected def withNewChildInternal(newChild: Expression): LengthOfJsonArray =
     copy(child = newChild)
+
+  override def replacement: Expression = StaticInvoke(
+    classOf[JsonExpressionUtils],
+    dataType,
+    "lengthOfJsonArray",
+    Seq(child),
+    inputTypes
+  )
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/sql/connect/common/src/test/resources/query-tests/explain-results/function_json_array_length.explain b/sql/connect/common/src/test/resources/query-tests/explain-results/function_json_array_length.explain
index 50ab91560e64a..d70e2eb60aba5 100644
--- a/sql/connect/common/src/test/resources/query-tests/explain-results/function_json_array_length.explain
+++ b/sql/connect/common/src/test/resources/query-tests/explain-results/function_json_array_length.explain
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Project [json_array_length(g#0) AS json_array_length(g)#0]
+Project [static_invoke(JsonExpressionUtils.lengthOfJsonArray(g#0)) AS json_array_length(g)#0]
 +- LocalRelation <empty>, [id#0L, a#0, b#0, d#0, e#0, f#0, g#0]