diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/columnar/InMemoryRelation.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/columnar/InMemoryRelation.scala
index 51928d914841e..5945808c4abfb 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/columnar/InMemoryRelation.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/columnar/InMemoryRelation.scala
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ case class InMemoryRelation(
     tableName: Option[String])(
     @transient var _cachedColumnBuffers: RDD[CachedBatch] = null,
     val batchStats: LongAccumulator = child.sqlContext.sparkContext.longAccumulator,
-    statsOfPlanToCache: Statistics = null)
+    statsOfPlanToCache: Statistics)
   extends logical.LeafNode with MultiInstanceRelation {
 
   override protected def innerChildren: Seq[SparkPlan] = Seq(child)
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ case class InMemoryRelation(
       // Underlying columnar RDD hasn't been materialized, use the stats from the plan to cache
       statsOfPlanToCache
     } else {
-      Statistics(sizeInBytes = batchStats.value.longValue)
+      Statistics(sizeInBytes = batchStats.value.longValue, hints = statsOfPlanToCache.hints)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/joins/BroadcastJoinSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/joins/BroadcastJoinSuite.scala
index 0bcd54e1fceab..8b1a9acec1acc 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/joins/BroadcastJoinSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/joins/BroadcastJoinSuite.scala
@@ -126,6 +126,22 @@ class BroadcastJoinSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils {
     }
   }
 
+  test("broadcast hint is retained in a cached plan") {
+    Seq(true, false).foreach { materialized =>
+      withSQLConf(SQLConf.AUTO_BROADCASTJOIN_THRESHOLD.key -> "-1") {
+        val df1 = spark.createDataFrame(Seq((1, "4"), (2, "2"))).toDF("key", "value")
+        val df2 = spark.createDataFrame(Seq((1, "1"), (2, "2"))).toDF("key", "value")
+        broadcast(df2).cache()
+        if (materialized) df2.collect()
+        val df3 = df1.join(df2, Seq("key"), "inner")
+        val numBroadCastHashJoin = df3.queryExecution.executedPlan.collect {
+          case b: BroadcastHashJoinExec => b
+        }.size
+        assert(numBroadCastHashJoin === 1)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   private def assertBroadcastJoin(df : Dataset[Row]) : Unit = {
     val df1 = spark.createDataFrame(Seq((1, "4"), (2, "2"))).toDF("key", "value")
     val joined = df1.join(df, Seq("key"), "inner")