diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/HiveThriftServer2Suites.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/HiveThriftServer2Suites.scala
index 139d8e897b..ebb2575416 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/HiveThriftServer2Suites.scala
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/HiveThriftServer2Suites.scala
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ import java.sql.{Date, DriverManager, SQLException, Statement}
 
 import scala.collection.mutable
 import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
-import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
-import scala.concurrent.{Await, Promise, future}
+import scala.concurrent.{Await, ExecutionContext, Promise, future}
 import scala.io.Source
 import scala.util.{Random, Try}
 
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterAll
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.HiveContext
 import org.apache.spark.sql.test.ProcessTestUtils.ProcessOutputCapturer
-import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
+import org.apache.spark.util.{ThreadUtils, Utils}
 import org.apache.spark.{Logging, SparkFunSuite}
 
 object TestData {
@@ -356,31 +355,54 @@ class HiveThriftBinaryServerSuite extends HiveThriftJdbcTest {
         s"LOAD DATA LOCAL INPATH '${TestData.smallKv}' OVERWRITE INTO TABLE test_map")
 
       queries.foreach(statement.execute)
+      implicit val ec = ExecutionContext.fromExecutorService(
+        ThreadUtils.newDaemonSingleThreadExecutor("test-jdbc-cancel"))
+      try {
+        // Start a very-long-running query that will take hours to finish, then cancel it in order
+        // to demonstrate that cancellation works.
+        val f = future {
+          statement.executeQuery(
+            "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM test_map " +
+            List.fill(10)("join test_map").mkString(" "))
+        }
+        // Note that this is slightly race-prone: if the cancel is issued before the statement
+        // begins executing then we'll fail with a timeout. As a result, this fixed delay is set
+        // slightly more conservatively than may be strictly necessary.
+        Thread.sleep(1000)
+        statement.cancel()
+        val e = intercept[SQLException] {
+          Await.result(f, 3.minute)
+        }
+        assert(e.getMessage.contains("cancelled"))
 
-      val largeJoin = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM test_map " +
-        List.fill(10)("join test_map").mkString(" ")
-      val f = future { Thread.sleep(100); statement.cancel(); }
-      val e = intercept[SQLException] {
-        statement.executeQuery(largeJoin)
+        // Cancellation is a no-op if spark.sql.hive.thriftServer.async=false
+        statement.executeQuery("SET spark.sql.hive.thriftServer.async=false")
+        try {
+          val sf = future {
+            statement.executeQuery(
+              "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM test_map " +
+                List.fill(4)("join test_map").mkString(" ")
+            )
+          }
+          // Similarly, this is also slightly race-prone on fast machines where the query above
+          // might race and complete before we issue the cancel.
+          Thread.sleep(1000)
+          statement.cancel()
+          val rs1 = Await.result(sf, 3.minute)
+          rs1.next()
+          assert(rs1.getInt(1) === math.pow(5, 5))
+          rs1.close()
+
+          val rs2 = statement.executeQuery("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM test_map")
+          rs2.next()
+          assert(rs2.getInt(1) === 5)
+          rs2.close()
+        } finally {
+          statement.executeQuery("SET spark.sql.hive.thriftServer.async=true")
+        }
+      } finally {
+        ec.shutdownNow()
       }
-      assert(e.getMessage contains "cancelled")
-      Await.result(f, 3.minute)
-
-      // cancel is a noop
-      statement.executeQuery("SET spark.sql.hive.thriftServer.async=false")
-      val sf = future { Thread.sleep(100); statement.cancel(); }
-      val smallJoin = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM test_map " +
-        List.fill(4)("join test_map").mkString(" ")
-      val rs1 = statement.executeQuery(smallJoin)
-      Await.result(sf, 3.minute)
-      rs1.next()
-      assert(rs1.getInt(1) === math.pow(5, 5))
-      rs1.close()
-
-      val rs2 = statement.executeQuery("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM test_map")
-      rs2.next()
-      assert(rs2.getInt(1) === 5)
-      rs2.close()
     }
   }
 
@@ -817,6 +839,7 @@ abstract class HiveThriftServer2Test extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAl
   }
 
   override protected def beforeAll(): Unit = {
+    super.beforeAll()
     // Chooses a random port between 10000 and 19999
     listeningPort = 10000 + Random.nextInt(10000)
     diagnosisBuffer.clear()
@@ -838,7 +861,11 @@ abstract class HiveThriftServer2Test extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAl
   }
 
   override protected def afterAll(): Unit = {
-    stopThriftServer()
-    logInfo("HiveThriftServer2 stopped")
+    try {
+      stopThriftServer()
+      logInfo("HiveThriftServer2 stopped")
+    } finally {
+      super.afterAll()
+    }
   }
 }