diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CodeGeneratorWithInterpretedFallback.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CodeGeneratorWithInterpretedFallback.scala
index 0509b852cfdde..62a1afecfd7f0 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CodeGeneratorWithInterpretedFallback.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CodeGeneratorWithInterpretedFallback.scala
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ abstract class CodeGeneratorWithInterpretedFallback[IN, OUT] extends Logging {
 
   def createObject(in: IN): OUT = {
     // We are allowed to choose codegen-only or no-codegen modes if under tests.
-    val config = SQLConf.get.getConf(SQLConf.CODEGEN_FACTORY_MODE)
-    val fallbackMode = CodegenObjectFactoryMode.withName(config)
+    val fallbackMode = CodegenObjectFactoryMode.withName(SQLConf.get.codegenFactoryMode)
 
     fallbackMode match {
       case CodegenObjectFactoryMode.CODEGEN_ONLY =>
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
index 825cee5c6b985..3cca8f051c35a 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
@@ -4641,6 +4641,8 @@ class SQLConf extends Serializable with Logging {
 
   def codegenFallback: Boolean = getConf(CODEGEN_FALLBACK)
 
+  def codegenFactoryMode: String = getConf(CODEGEN_FACTORY_MODE)
+
   def codegenComments: Boolean = getConf(StaticSQLConf.CODEGEN_COMMENTS)
 
   def loggingMaxLinesForCodegen: Int = getConf(CODEGEN_LOGGING_MAX_LINES)
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/PlanTest.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/PlanTest.scala
index 911ddfeb13b4b..4f5042bba11d3 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/PlanTest.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/PlanTest.scala
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ trait CodegenInterpretedPlanTest extends PlanTest {
     super.test(testName + " (codegen path)", testTags: _*)(
       withSQLConf(SQLConf.CODEGEN_FACTORY_MODE.key -> codegenMode) { testFun })(pos)
     super.test(testName + " (interpreted path)", testTags: _*)(
-      withSQLConf(SQLConf.CODEGEN_FACTORY_MODE.key -> interpretedMode) {
-        withSQLConf(SQLConf.WHOLESTAGE_CODEGEN_ENABLED.key -> "false") { testFun }})(pos)
+      withSQLConf(SQLConf.CODEGEN_FACTORY_MODE.key -> interpretedMode) { testFun })(pos)
   }
 
   protected def testFallback(
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/WholeStageCodegenExec.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/WholeStageCodegenExec.scala
index ddc2cfb56d4f6..5d28cc2328a54 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/WholeStageCodegenExec.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/WholeStageCodegenExec.scala
@@ -942,7 +942,8 @@ case class CollapseCodegenStages(
   }
 
   def apply(plan: SparkPlan): SparkPlan = {
-    if (conf.wholeStageEnabled) {
+    if (conf.wholeStageEnabled && CodegenObjectFactoryMode.withName(conf.codegenFactoryMode)
+      != CodegenObjectFactoryMode.NO_CODEGEN) {
       insertWholeStageCodegen(plan)
     } else {
       plan
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/WholeStageCodegenSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/WholeStageCodegenSuite.scala
index ac710c3229647..63b5a027a6353 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/WholeStageCodegenSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/WholeStageCodegenSuite.scala
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.spark.sql.execution
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.{Dataset, QueryTest, Row, SaveMode}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.CodegenObjectFactoryMode
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.codegen.{ByteCodeStats, CodeAndComment, CodeGenerator}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.adaptive.DisableAdaptiveExecutionSuite
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.aggregate.{HashAggregateExec, SortAggregateExec}
@@ -182,6 +183,16 @@ class WholeStageCodegenSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession
       Seq(Row(0, 0, 0), Row(1, 1, 1), Row(2, 2, 2), Row(3, 3, 3), Row(4, 4, 4)))
   }
 
+  test("SPARK-44236: disable WholeStageCodegen when set spark.sql.codegen.factoryMode is " +
+    "NO_CODEGEN") {
+    withSQLConf(SQLConf.CODEGEN_FACTORY_MODE.key -> CodegenObjectFactoryMode.NO_CODEGEN.toString) {
+      val df = spark.range(10).select($"id" + 1)
+      val plan = df.queryExecution.executedPlan
+      assert(!plan.exists(_.isInstanceOf[WholeStageCodegenExec]))
+      checkAnswer(df, 1L to 10L map { i => Row(i) })
+    }
+  }
+
   test("Full Outer ShuffledHashJoin and SortMergeJoin should be included in WholeStageCodegen") {
     val df1 = spark.range(5).select($"id".as("k1"))
     val df2 = spark.range(10).select($"id".as("k2"))