diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/serde/QueryPlanSerde.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/serde/QueryPlanSerde.scala
index 3e0e837c9c..6a8ee0d9d5 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/serde/QueryPlanSerde.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/serde/QueryPlanSerde.scala
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.aggregate._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.objects.StaticInvoke
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.optimizer.NormalizeNaNAndZero
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.CharVarcharCodegenUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.comet._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.comet.execution.shuffle.CometShuffleExchangeExec
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution
@@ -229,7 +228,8 @@ object QueryPlanSerde extends Logging with CometExprShim {
     classOf[Literal] -> CometLiteral,
     classOf[MonotonicallyIncreasingID] -> CometMonotonicallyIncreasingId,
     classOf[SparkPartitionID] -> CometSparkPartitionId,
-    classOf[SortOrder] -> CometSortOrder)
+    classOf[SortOrder] -> CometSortOrder,
+    classOf[StaticInvoke] -> CometStaticInvoke)
 
   /**
    * Mapping of Spark expression class to Comet expression handler.
@@ -697,30 +697,6 @@ object QueryPlanSerde extends Logging with CometExprShim {
         // `PromotePrecision` is just a wrapper, don't need to serialize it.
         exprToProtoInternal(child, inputs, binding)
 
-      // With Spark 3.4, CharVarcharCodegenUtils.readSidePadding gets called to pad spaces for
-      // char types.
-      // See https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/38151
-      case s: StaticInvoke
-          // classOf gets ther runtime class of T, which lets us compare directly
-          // Otherwise isInstanceOf[Class[T]] will always evaluate to true for Class[_]
-          if s.staticObject == classOf[CharVarcharCodegenUtils] &&
-            s.dataType.isInstanceOf[StringType] &&
-            s.functionName == "readSidePadding" &&
-            s.arguments.size == 2 &&
-            s.propagateNull &&
-            !s.returnNullable &&
-            s.isDeterministic =>
-        val argsExpr = Seq(
-          exprToProtoInternal(Cast(s.arguments(0), StringType), inputs, binding),
-          exprToProtoInternal(s.arguments(1), inputs, binding))
-
-        if (argsExpr.forall(_.isDefined)) {
-          scalarFunctionExprToProto("read_side_padding", argsExpr: _*)
-        } else {
-          withInfo(expr, s.arguments: _*)
-          None
-        }
-
       case KnownFloatingPointNormalized(NormalizeNaNAndZero(expr)) =>
         val dataType = serializeDataType(expr.dataType)
         if (dataType.isEmpty) {
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/serde/statics.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/serde/statics.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0737644ab9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/serde/statics.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * 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.comet.serde
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.Attribute
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.objects.StaticInvoke
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.CharVarcharCodegenUtils
+
+import org.apache.comet.CometSparkSessionExtensions.withInfo
+
+object CometStaticInvoke extends CometExpressionSerde[StaticInvoke] {
+
+  // With Spark 3.4, CharVarcharCodegenUtils.readSidePadding gets called to pad spaces for
+  // char types.
+  // See https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/38151
+  private val staticInvokeExpressions
+      : Map[(String, Class[_]), CometExpressionSerde[StaticInvoke]] =
+    Map(
+      ("readSidePadding", classOf[CharVarcharCodegenUtils]) -> CometScalarFunction(
+        "read_side_padding"))
+
+  override def convert(
+      expr: StaticInvoke,
+      inputs: Seq[Attribute],
+      binding: Boolean): Option[ExprOuterClass.Expr] = {
+    staticInvokeExpressions.get((expr.functionName, expr.staticObject)) match {
+      case Some(handler) =>
+        handler.convert(expr, inputs, binding)
+      case None =>
+        withInfo(
+          expr,
+          s"Static invoke expression: ${expr.functionName} is not supported",
+          expr.children: _*)
+        None
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometStringExpressionSuite.scala b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometStringExpressionSuite.scala
index 3d08c01a7d..2479a41a37 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometStringExpressionSuite.scala
+++ b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometStringExpressionSuite.scala
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ class CometStringExpressionSuite extends CometTestBase {
           } else {
             // Comet will fall back to Spark because the plan contains a staticinvoke instruction
             // which is not supported
-            checkSparkAnswerAndFallbackReason(sql, "staticinvoke is not supported")
+            checkSparkAnswerAndFallbackReason(
+              sql,
+              s"Static invoke expression: $expr is not supported")
           }
         }
       }