diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SchemaRDD.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SchemaRDD.scala
index e855f36256bc5..8855c4e876917 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SchemaRDD.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SchemaRDD.scala
@@ -368,6 +368,12 @@ class SchemaRDD(
     new SchemaRDD(sqlContext, SparkLogicalPlan(ExistingRdd(logicalPlan.output, rdd)))
   }
 
+  // =======================================================================
+  // Overriden RDD actions
+  // =======================================================================
+
+  override def collect(): Array[Row] = queryExecution.executedPlan.executeCollect()
+
   // =======================================================================
   // Base RDD functions that do NOT change schema
   // =======================================================================
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkPlan.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkPlan.scala
index 235a9b1692460..4613df103943d 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkPlan.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkPlan.scala
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ abstract class SparkPlan extends QueryPlan[SparkPlan] with Logging {
   /**
    * Runs this query returning the result as an array.
    */
-  def executeCollect(): Array[Row] = execute().collect()
+  def executeCollect(): Array[Row] = execute().map(_.copy()).collect()
 
   protected def buildRow(values: Seq[Any]): Row =
     new GenericRow(values.toArray)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetQuerySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetQuerySuite.scala
index f9731e82e4924..b973ceba5fec0 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetQuerySuite.scala
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class ParquetQuerySuite extends QueryTest with FunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
   }
 
   test("insert (appending) to same table via Scala API") {
-    sql("INSERT INTO testsource SELECT * FROM testsource").collect()
+    sql("INSERT INTO testsource SELECT * FROM testsource")
     val double_rdd = sql("SELECT * FROM testsource").collect()
     assert(double_rdd != null)
     assert(double_rdd.size === 30)