diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkSQLDriver.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkSQLDriver.scala
index 7463df1f47..a5c457c677 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkSQLDriver.scala
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkSQLDriver.scala
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ private[hive] class SparkSQLDriver(val context: HiveContext = SparkSQLEnv.hiveCo
     } catch {
       case cause: Throwable =>
         logError(s"Failed in [$command]", cause)
-        new CommandProcessorResponse(-3, ExceptionUtils.getFullStackTrace(cause), null)
+        new CommandProcessorResponse(0, ExceptionUtils.getFullStackTrace(cause), null)
     }
   }