diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/BasicWriteStatsTracker.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/BasicWriteStatsTracker.scala
index 63bd49617e70a..82daa00f8c3e3 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/BasicWriteStatsTracker.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/BasicWriteStatsTracker.scala
@@ -45,10 +45,20 @@ case class BasicWriteTaskStats(
     numFiles: Int,
     numBytes: Long,
     numRows: Long,
-    partitionsStats: Map[InternalRow, BasicWritePartitionTaskStats]
-        = Map[InternalRow, BasicWritePartitionTaskStats]())
+    partitionsStats: Map[InternalRow, BasicWritePartitionTaskStats])
   extends WriteTaskStats
 
+object BasicWriteTaskStats {
+
+  // The original case class parameter list provided for backward compatibility.
+  def apply(
+    partitions: Seq[InternalRow],
+    numFiles: Int,
+    numBytes: Long,
+    numRows: Long): BasicWriteTaskStats = new BasicWriteTaskStats(
+      partitions, numFiles, numBytes, numRows, Map[InternalRow, BasicWritePartitionTaskStats]())
+
+}
 
 case class BasicWritePartitionTaskStats(
     numFiles: Int,
@@ -154,9 +164,13 @@ class BasicWriteTaskStatsTracker(
     partitions.append(partitionValues)
   }
 
-  override def newFile(filePath: String, partitionValues: Option[InternalRow] = None): Unit = {
+  override def newFile(filePath: String): Unit = {
     submittedFiles += filePath
     numSubmittedFiles += 1
+  }
+
+  override def newFile(filePath: String, partitionValues: Option[InternalRow]): Unit = {
+    newFile(filePath)
 
     // Submitting a file for a partition
     if (partitionValues.isDefined) {
@@ -245,6 +259,10 @@ class BasicWriteJobStatsTracker(
     new BasicWriteTaskStatsTracker(serializableHadoopConf.value, Some(taskCommitTimeMetric))
   }
 
+  override def processStats(stats: Seq[WriteTaskStats], jobCommitTime: Long): Unit = {
+    processStats(stats, jobCommitTime, Map[InternalRow, String]())
+  }
+
   override def processStats(stats: Seq[WriteTaskStats], jobCommitTime: Long,
                             partitionsMap: Map[InternalRow, String]): Unit = {
     val sparkContext = SparkContext.getActive.get
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileFormatDataWriter.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileFormatDataWriter.scala
index b4470df048226..c4b620291fea6 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileFormatDataWriter.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileFormatDataWriter.scala
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class SingleDirectoryDataWriter(
       dataSchema = description.dataColumns.toStructType,
       context = taskAttemptContext)
 
-    statsTrackers.foreach(_.newFile(currentPath, None))
+    statsTrackers.foreach(_.newFile(currentPath))
   }
 
   override def write(record: InternalRow): Unit = {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/WriteStatsTracker.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/WriteStatsTracker.scala
index fdd4762e69f7e..505114a53b2b1 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/WriteStatsTracker.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/WriteStatsTracker.scala
@@ -52,10 +52,21 @@ trait WriteTaskStatsTracker {
   /**
    * Process the fact that a new file is about to be written.
    * @param filePath Path of the file into which future rows will be written.
-   * @param partitionValues Optional reference to the partition associated with this new file.  This
-   *                        avoids trying to extract the partition values from the filePath.
    */
-  def newFile(filePath: String, partitionValues: Option[InternalRow] = None): Unit
+  def newFile(filePath: String): Unit
+
+  /**
+   * Process the fact that a new file for a partition is about to be written.
+   *
+   * NOTE: This is an extension to the original [[newFile()]] that adds support for
+   * reporting statistics about partitions.
+   *
+   * @param filePath Path of the file into which future rows will be written.
+   * @param partition Identifier for the partition
+   */
+  def newFile(filePath: String, partition: Option[InternalRow]): Unit = {
+    newFile(filePath)
+  }
 
   /**
    * Process the fact that a file is finished to be written and closed.
@@ -103,7 +114,6 @@ trait WriteJobStatsTracker extends Serializable {
    * E.g. aggregate them, write them to memory / disk, issue warnings, whatever.
    * @param stats One [[WriteTaskStats]] object from each successful write task.
    * @param jobCommitTime Time of committing the job.
-   * @param partitionsMap A map of [[InternalRow]] to a partition subpath
    * @note The type of @param `stats` is too generic. These classes should probably be parametrized:
    *   WriteTaskStatsTracker[S <: WriteTaskStats]
    *   WriteJobStatsTracker[S <: WriteTaskStats, T <: WriteTaskStatsTracker[S]]
@@ -114,6 +124,31 @@ trait WriteJobStatsTracker extends Serializable {
    * to the expected derived type when implementing this method in a derived class.
    * The framework will make sure to call this with the right arguments.
    */
+  def processStats(stats: Seq[WriteTaskStats], jobCommitTime: Long): Unit
+
+  /**
+   * Process the given collection of stats computed during this job.
+   * E.g. aggregate them, write them to memory / disk, issue warnings, whatever.
+   *
+   * NOTE: This is an extension to the original [[processStats()]] that adds support for
+   * reporting statistics about partitions.
+   *
+   * @param stats         One [[WriteTaskStats]] object from each successful write task.
+   * @param jobCommitTime Time of committing the job.
+   * @param partitionsMap A map of [[InternalRow]] to a partition subpath
+   * @note The type of @param `stats` is too generic. These classes should probably be parametrized:
+   *       WriteTaskStatsTracker[S <: WriteTaskStats]
+   *       WriteJobStatsTracker[S <: WriteTaskStats, T <: WriteTaskStatsTracker[S]]
+   *       and this would then be:
+   *       def processStats(stats: Seq[S]): Unit
+   *       but then we wouldn't be able to have a Seq[WriteJobStatsTracker] due to type
+   *       co-/contra-variance considerations. Instead, you may feel free to just cast `stats`
+   *       to the expected derived type when implementing this method in a derived class.
+   *       The framework will make sure to call this with the right arguments.
+   */
   def processStats(stats: Seq[WriteTaskStats], jobCommitTime: Long,
-                   partitionsMap: Map[InternalRow, String] = Map.empty): Unit
+                   partitionsMap: Map[InternalRow, String] = Map.empty): Unit = {
+    processStats(stats, jobCommitTime)
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/CustomWriteTaskStatsTrackerSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/CustomWriteTaskStatsTrackerSuite.scala
index 8e2e4b10a18be..e9f625b2ded9f 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/CustomWriteTaskStatsTrackerSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/CustomWriteTaskStatsTrackerSuite.scala
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class CustomWriteTaskStatsTracker extends WriteTaskStatsTracker {
 
   override def newPartition(partitionValues: InternalRow): Unit = {}
 
-  override def newFile(filePath: String, partitionValues: Option[InternalRow]): Unit = {
+  override def newFile(filePath: String): Unit = {
     numRowsPerFile.put(filePath, 0)
   }