diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/Exchange.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/Exchange.scala
index 64e90be4d460f..5b2e46962cd3b 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/Exchange.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/Exchange.scala
@@ -96,11 +96,18 @@ case class Exchange(
     val cannotUseSqlSerializer2 =
       (sortBasedShuffleOn && numPartitions > bypassMergeThreshold) || newOrdering.nonEmpty
 
+    // It is true when there is no field that needs to be write out.
+    // For now, we will not use SparkSqlSerializer2 when noField is true.
+    val noField =
+      (keySchema == null || keySchema.length == 0) &&
+      (valueSchema == null || valueSchema.length == 0)
+
     val useSqlSerializer2 =
-        child.sqlContext.conf.useSqlSerializer2 &&  // SparkSqlSerializer2 is enabled.
-        !cannotUseSqlSerializer2 &&                 // Safe to use Serializer2.
-        SparkSqlSerializer2.support(keySchema) &&   // The schema of key is supported.
-        SparkSqlSerializer2.support(valueSchema)    // The schema of value is supported.
+        child.sqlContext.conf.useSqlSerializer2 &&   // SparkSqlSerializer2 is enabled.
+        !cannotUseSqlSerializer2 &&                  // Safe to use Serializer2.
+        SparkSqlSerializer2.support(keySchema) &&    // The schema of key is supported.
+        SparkSqlSerializer2.support(valueSchema) &&  // The schema of value is supported.
+        !noField
 
     val serializer = if (useSqlSerializer2) {
       logInfo("Using SparkSqlSerializer2.")
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkSqlSerializer2Suite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkSqlSerializer2Suite.scala
index 3bb78a8ccc9d0..27f063d73a9a9 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkSqlSerializer2Suite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkSqlSerializer2Suite.scala
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ abstract class SparkSqlSerializer2Suite extends QueryTest with BeforeAndAfterAll
       df.map(r => r.getString(0)).collect().toSeq ===
       table("shuffle").select("col0").map(r => r.getString(0)).collect().sorted.toSeq)
   }
+
+  test("no map output field") {
+    val df = sql(s"SELECT 1 + 1 FROM shuffle")
+    checkSerializer(df.queryExecution.executedPlan, classOf[SparkSqlSerializer])
+  }
 }
 
 /** Tests SparkSqlSerializer2 with sort based shuffle without sort merge. */