diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDD.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDD.scala
index dfffa50cb2aed..debe57883ed33 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDD.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDD.scala
@@ -958,9 +958,9 @@ abstract class RDD[T: ClassTag](
    * trigger a Spark job if the parent RDD has more than one partitions and the window size is
    * greater than 1.
    */
-  def sliding(windowSize: Int): RDD[Array[T]] = {
+  def sliding(windowSize: Int): RDD[Seq[T]] = {
     if (windowSize == 1) {
-      this.map(Array(_))
+      this.map(Seq(_))
     } else {
       new SlidingRDD[T](this, windowSize)
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/SlidingRDD.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/SlidingRDD.scala
index ac0016b18298d..96e3442b878c1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/SlidingRDD.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/SlidingRDD.scala
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import scala.reflect.ClassTag
 import org.apache.spark.{TaskContext, Partition}
 
 private[spark]
-class SlidingRDDPartition[T](val idx: Int, val prev: Partition, val tail: Array[T])
+class SlidingRDDPartition[T](val idx: Int, val prev: Partition, val tail: Seq[T])
   extends Partition with Serializable {
   override val index: Int = idx
 }
@@ -42,16 +42,15 @@ class SlidingRDDPartition[T](val idx: Int, val prev: Partition, val tail: Array[
  */
 private[spark]
 class SlidingRDD[T: ClassTag](@transient val parent: RDD[T], val windowSize: Int)
-  extends RDD[Array[T]](parent) {
+  extends RDD[Seq[T]](parent) {
 
   require(windowSize > 1, s"Window size must be greater than 1, but got $windowSize.")
 
-  override def compute(split: Partition, context: TaskContext): Iterator[Array[T]] = {
+  override def compute(split: Partition, context: TaskContext): Iterator[Seq[T]] = {
     val part = split.asInstanceOf[SlidingRDDPartition[T]]
     (firstParent[T].iterator(part.prev, context) ++ part.tail)
       .sliding(windowSize)
-      .map(_.toArray)
-      .filter(_.size == windowSize)
+      .withPartial(false)
   }
 
   override def getPreferredLocations(split: Partition): Seq[String] =
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ class SlidingRDD[T: ClassTag](@transient val parent: RDD[T], val windowSize: Int
     if (n == 0) {
       Array.empty
     } else if (n == 1) {
-      Array(new SlidingRDDPartition[T](0, parentPartitions(0), Array.empty))
+      Array(new SlidingRDDPartition[T](0, parentPartitions(0), Seq.empty))
     } else {
       val n1 = n - 1
       val w1 = windowSize - 1
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ class SlidingRDD[T: ClassTag](@transient val parent: RDD[T], val windowSize: Int
       var partitionIndex = 0
       while (i < n1) {
         var j = i
-        val tail = mutable.ArrayBuffer[T]()
+        val tail = mutable.ListBuffer[T]()
         // Keep appending to the current tail until appended a head of size w1.
         while (j < n1 && nextHeads(j).size < w1) {
           tail ++= nextHeads(j)
@@ -85,14 +84,14 @@ class SlidingRDD[T: ClassTag](@transient val parent: RDD[T], val windowSize: Int
           tail ++= nextHeads(j)
           j += 1
         }
-        partitions += new SlidingRDDPartition[T](partitionIndex, parentPartitions(i), tail.toArray)
+        partitions += new SlidingRDDPartition[T](partitionIndex, parentPartitions(i), tail.toSeq)
         partitionIndex += 1
         // Skip appended heads.
         i = j
       }
       // If the head of last partition has size w1, we also need to add this partition.
       if (nextHeads(n1 - 1).size == w1) {
-        partitions += new SlidingRDDPartition[T](partitionIndex, parentPartitions(n1), Array.empty)
+        partitions += new SlidingRDDPartition[T](partitionIndex, parentPartitions(n1), Seq.empty)
       }
       partitions.toArray
     }